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Re:Before LA became Tinseltown, it was an oil town by fcccccbjjv on Tuesday July 30, 2024 @03:35PM (#41113287)
Are you sure?

This link from 2021 says the net power consumed in CA was less than 34% renewables, and the in-state generated renewables are about the same.

https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/califo...

EDIT: pedantic physics moment. When I say "power" consumed I actually mean the time integral of power over the course of a year, i.e. energy, expressed as GWh

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Re:Before LA became Tinseltown, it was an oil town by colechristensen on Tuesday July 30, 2024 @03:59PM (#41113507)
I wrote "at this moment", which meant instantaneously, not overall, or for 2021 as there has been very fast buildout.

Data can be found here: https://www.caiso.com/todays-outlook/supply

It has gone up a couple of points since I posted.

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Re:Before LA became Tinseltown, it was an oil town by fcccccbjjv on Tuesday July 30, 2024 @11:29PM (#41116171)
Missed that in your comment, sorry.

That being said I find the avg to be the only interesting metric (unless you build power lines)

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