California 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.

California 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."