“Embrace the suck.”
My provider is Modesto Irrigation District. They are independent of Cal ISO.
They get 20% of their power from Don Pedro reservoir (downstream from Hetch Hetchy) and only 2% from Solar. Amazingly they get another 17% from wind contracts in OR and WA. 26% from fossil fuels. And the rest from “various”.
Fortunately the farmers need a lot of water right now and the dam turbines are working full time...so likely more than their annual 20% is coming from the dam right now.
They have surge capacity.
But they purchase and contract independent of the ISO.
Power needs tonight will be extraordinary. It’s 100+ deg throughout the state and only cooling to the high 70s and low 80s at night.
108 in my town with 26% humidity bring the heat index to over 115. No wind. Streets are easily over 200 deg.
They should have gone to Nuclear. Water is great when you have enough of it but it is back pocket generation. They need more base generation.
“Newsom pointed to the state’s shift to renewable resources as part of the reason for the supply shortage. Shutting down polluting gas power plants has created gaps in the state’s energy supply, he said.
While the state remains committed to a greener future, Newsom said, “We cannot sacrifice reliability” and promised that officials would be “much more aggressive … in making sure that is the case.”
Central Planning central.
Sounds like California needs to build some natural gas-powered electricity plants. Especially with more globull warming around the corner.
I don’t understand is the libtards that run the energy racket out there. They all want to reduce their carbon footprint and all that baloney. Methane basically produces carbon dioxide and water vapor when burned. It is a very clean fuel. Why don’t they just take the emissions from the power plants and sequester them in old, abandoned evil oil fields?