time2roll wrote:
specta wrote:
Last year there were areas in CA that people were asked to not charge their electric cars due to a shortage of electricity.
Yea OK so CA has been asking people to conserve energy in the afternoon since at least the 1960s.
Normal and ordinary. EVERY utility has this issue as a natural use daily cycle.
http://www.caiso.com/TodaysOutlook/Pages/default.aspx
Lack of generating capacity is actually quite rare in CA.
Also note that coal is 0.1% in CA.
While there may be only 0.1% of California is from coal. That is only plants in California. California imports 30.8% of its power needs. Where do you think most of that power comes from and how it is generated?
I suspect a large percentage is from coal powered plants outside of California.
Lack of generating capacity in Ca is rare? In August of 2020 Ca issued a rolling blackout plus the fact Ca imports 30.8% of its power I would conclude Ca has a serious power capacity problem.
