Friday Top of the Scroll: Poor planning left California short of electricity in a heat wave
The California Public Utilities Commission assumed that hydroelectric plants would provide as much as 8,000 megawatts when demand peaked this summer. But that number appears to have failed to take into account low water levels at many dams… And those plants delivered only 5,514 megawatts last Friday, according to the California Independent System Operator.
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- CalMatters: Opinion: Reclassify hydropower now – as renewable energy
- CalMatters: Opinion: ‘Mad Max’ in California? Energy crisis is avoidable
- Northern California Water Association: Blog: Stepping up to support California’s energy crisis