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Re:Wind and solar power half the cost of coal and gas, 1/3 t... by dalyons on Tuesday June 18, 2024 @01:27PM (#40720139)
California blackouts have very little to do with supply, nuclear or renewables. It’s distribution. Poorly maintained transmission lines that blow down in storms or have to be shut down in wind to avoid fires. It’s infuriating I agree, but it’s not to do with renewables.
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Re:Wind and solar power half the cost of coal and gas, 1/3 t... by fwungy on Tuesday June 18, 2024 @02:00PM (#40720450)
If they didn't spend so much money on renewables they could have used it on the grid.

Some of the dumb enviromental laws didn't help either. It could be pretty hard to clear trees from a legal perspective, which made maintenance more expensive and time consuming, leading to grid degradation.

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Re:Wind and solar power half the cost of coal and gas, 1/3 t... by dalyons on Tuesday June 18, 2024 @05:23PM (#40722292)
> If they didn't spend so much money on renewables they could have used it on the grid.

Even if thats true, they wouldn't have though. The neglect of infrastructure by pg&e is pretty much classic corruption and profit extraction. In a different universe where pg&e isnt a terrible organization protected by political corruption, sure maybe but we don't live in that world sadly.

tree clearing regs are true but irrelevant to OPs point about renewables.

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