Solar only increased a little bit, but imports went way up to push down natural gas.
California imported electricity is cleaner on average than internally generated electricity: lots of hydro and nuclear from neighbors, and the big one of the new SunZia massive wind farm. So directly displacing natural gas with imports is 100% win from a climate angle.
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California imported electricity is cleaner on average than internally generated electricity: lots of hydro and nuclear from neighbors, and the big one of the new SunZia massive wind farm. So directly displacing natural gas with imports is 100% win from a climate angle.
* https://apnews.com/article/trump-offshore-wind-energy-climat...
The insanity of it all. Do we survive this decade? Are you SURE?