[krasin]

> There’s a huge part of the equation you’re forgetting in all of this. Storage.

Let me come and defend the California strategy for the energy production. As can be seen on the California grid status page ([1]) (click on the Supply tab, find batteries and play with dates), the battery capacity grew from negligible to something that eclipses imports in the peak consumption hours. I fully expect that in 2-3 years, California will have enough of solar + storage to stop firing its gas generators and importing coal electricity from Utah.

1. https://www.caiso.com/TodaysOutlook/Pages/default.aspx