Amoxtli@thelemmy.club to Texas@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoSummer power prices seen surging for Texas, falling in California | Reuterswww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down12
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minus-squareNot_mikey@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-26 months 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-up0arrow-down1·6 months 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