> within the normal range of variation and conditions that electricity grids elsewhere handle admirably. California has very different conditions than most oth

> within the normal range of variation and conditions that electricity grids elsewhere handle admirably. California has very different conditions than most other places in the US. It gets no rain for 9 months a year followed by a wet winter which results in a lot of vegetation growth. And that pattern is getting more extreme. You can't compare that to a wetter place, or even to a much dryer place with little vegetation.