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So, as a resident of Texas, I'm certainly willing to admit that our power generation system had a rocky winter. But, typically, it delivers low-cost energy. W

So, as a resident of Texas, I'm certainly willing to admit that our power generation system had a rocky winter. But, typically, it delivers low-cost energy. We have a lot of solar, a lot of wind, and most of the fossil fuel generation is now natural gas. Tesla is building here, and there are more electric cars and solar panels on roofs all the time. If this article's assertions about the basics of California's problems were fundamentally true, Texas should be right behind with rising power costs. Instead, they are roughly half as much.

caseysoftware 6y ago
Another Texan here.. yes, we're #1 for wind and I think #2 for solar so obviously we blow up their assertions here. My only theory is that we have a strong backstop of natural gas that serves as the foundation which we can (usually) fall back on. If California is working to go wholly renewables without having a fossil fuel-based Plan B, then they're starting with different design constraints and would likely have a different result. If that is the case, it would make for a much more convincing article and "not only renewables" is a more interesting discussion.