Thursday, July 08, 2021

CA drought hurts power supplies as heatwave engulfs the West | The Sacramento Bee

CA drought hurts power supplies as heatwave engulfs the West | The Sacramento Bee
"...That additional capacity should be enough to stave off blackouts — so long as California is able to import supplies in a pinch from nearby states. 
But if the entire West is blanketed in triple-digit temperatures — like this week — then imports will become scarce, just as they did last August, because other states will want the power that otherwise would flow to California.

...Imports play a critical role in California; they amounted to nearly 28% of all the power consumed in the state in 2019, according to the California Energy Commission...Read all.

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