Amoxtli@thelemmy.club to Texas@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoSummer power prices seen surging for Texas, falling in California | Reuterswww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down17
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minus-squareNot_mikey@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoRenewables work, you just have to build batteries to store it, which California has been doing and is part of the reason energy is cheaper there. There is more hydro too, but solar into batteries has been overtaking it at peak recently.
minus-squareAmoxtli@thelemmy.clubOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down9·1 year agoCalifornia electricity prices now second-highest in United States - https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/electricity-price-rate-pge-19429422.php
Renewables work, you just have to build batteries to store it, which California has been doing and is part of the reason energy is cheaper there. There is more hydro too, but solar into batteries has been overtaking it at peak recently.
California electricity prices now second-highest in United States - https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/electricity-price-rate-pge-19429422.php