Opinion: Summer nights are cruel to people who think California can run on 100% renewable energy
Summer nights are cruel to people who think California can someday run on 100% renewable energy.
Even during the day, renewables do not come close to meeting the demand for electricity in California. On August 1 at 11:15 a.m., renewables were producing 16,049 megawatts, but that was just 46.3% of the power needed in the state. In 2015 a new law, SB 350 by then-Senator Kevin de León, increased the renewable portfolio standard mandate from 20% to 50% and set a new target date of 2030, also requiring that 65% of RPS procurement be derived from long-term contracts of at least 10 years in duration.
The parallel effect was to damage the ability of non-renewable power facilities to be financially sustainable, depriving them of long-term contracts.
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