California should hit their battery target far earlier than their 2045 goal based on the cost decline curve and manufacturing ramp of stationary storage.
> Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), processed by Ember’s US Electricity Data Explorer, shows that in the 12 months ending April 2025, solar generated 83.1 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity, compared to 81.6 TWh from natural gas.
I thought this was going to be the usual headline bait-and-switch where it would be revealed to only be the top source of electricity for like two hours around noon on a single Saturday, but I'm happy to have been wrong here.
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[ 3.7 ms ] story [ 24.3 ms ] threadI thought this was going to be the usual headline bait-and-switch where it would be revealed to only be the top source of electricity for like two hours around noon on a single Saturday, but I'm happy to have been wrong here.
And it’s got the cheapest electricity right. …. The cheapest right?
Gahh 8k true up bill on top of paying 1k a month ?