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energy

climate change

Race to zero: Can California’s power grid handle a 15-fold increase in electric cars?

By Nadia Lopez | CalMatters | January 17, 2023
If so, that assumes California would build solar and wind at almost five times the pace of the past decade — that may not be realistic.
climate change

Texas blackouts put California in spotlight

By Emily Hoeven | CALmatters | February 18, 2021
Blackouts reveal a larger, shared problem: the inability of the power grid to respond to extreme weather events exacerbated by climate change.
energy

Frayed Wires: As California enters a brave new energy world, can it keep the lights on?

By Julie Cart | CALmatters | January 16, 2019
California is casting off fossil fuels on its way to becoming a fully electrified state. But it's unclear whether the aging electricity grid can deliver.
energy

What happens if PG&E goes bankrupt?

By Judy Lin | CalMatters | November 29, 2018
What could happen if PG&E, which provides natural gas and electricity to 16 million people in northern and central California, goes bankrupt in the aftermath of the deadliest blaze in state history.
News

The high cost of a zero-emission California

By Dan Walters | September 24, 2018
Reaching Gov. Jerry Brown's goal of a carbon-neutral California would require massive expenditures on the electrical grid and for zero-emission vehicles.

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