silence7Jun 27, 2024

California Is Showing How a Big State Can Power Itself Without Fossil Fuels | For part of almost every day this spring, the state produced more electricity than it needed from renewable sources.

https://slrpnk.net/post/10929157

California Is Showing How a Big State Can Power Itself Without Fossil Fuels | For part of almost every day this spring, the state produced more electricity than it needed from renewable sources. - SLRPNK

Archived copies of the article: archive.today [https://archive.ph/CCHQE] ghostarchive.org [https://ghostarchive.org/archive/CNZ5p] web.archive.org [https://web.archive.org/web/20240627165357/https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/california-is-showing-how-a-big-state-can-power-itself-without-fossil-fuels]

Show threadredeyejediJun 27, 2024
Yet they neutered solar for consumers with Nem3.
Show threadpartial_accumenJun 27, 2024
On the micro level ( a homeowner), I can absolutely understand about the retirement of NEM2 and the adoption of NEM3. At the macro level, whats the other option? The article itself touches on this that more power is being produced than is needed at certain times. That’s the time that NEM3 it working to combat.
Show threadsteal_your_faceJun 27, 2024
Why do they need to combat that? A surplus from renewables is a good thing no?
Show threadantlion
Energy storage costs money. A surplus for the noon hours every day doesn’t help anything.
Jun 27, 2024 at 10:32pmWeb