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California is awash in renewable energy – except when it’s most needed
- rr808 4y agoI'd really like to see more variable pricing for households and businesses. Power should be cheap at midday on Sunny days, expensive when power is scarce. Its crazy to run an electric hot water heater in peak time in a heatwave, but most people have no control.
- robomartin 4y agoIt’s crazy to run an electric water heater. Solar water heaters work very well. All they need is a small pump to move the working fluid, not thousands of Watts. A hybrid electric/solar heater is probably the best approach.
- tuatoru 4y agoCalifornia isn't awash in energy. Per the EIA's web site[1], it imports 30% of its electricity. California is suffering from generation and storage poverty. 1. https://www.eia.gov/state/?sid=CA https://www.eia.gov/state/?sid=CA "In 2021, California was the fourth-largest electricity producer in the nation, but the state was also the nation’s second-largest consumer of electricity, and in 2020, it received about 30% of its electricity supply from generating facilities outside of California, including imports from Mexico."