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Re:Britain today generating 90%+ of electricity from renewables by p12tic on Saturday March 28, 2026 @08:43AM (#47554079)
> In the last few years California runs 100% renewable on many days (and growing) every year.

How many is "many days"? Gas is still used for at least one fifth of electricity. https://app.electricitymaps.com/map/zone/US-CAL-CISO/5y/mont...

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Re:Britain today generating 90%+ of electricity from renewables by eliben on Saturday March 28, 2026 @09:33AM (#47554449)
According to the official tracker (https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/clean-energy-serving-... and elsewhere) there were 279 days in 2025 where California was on 100% renewable for _some_ time during the day (could be hours, could be minutes at mid-day).

In total hours equivalent of 77.3 full days over 2025.

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