California in Energy Crisis Caused by Green Energy

As the heat wave continues, California is experiencing rolling blackouts because supply is insufficient to meet demand. The Federalists

California’s electricity problem is simple. Its energy policies demand ever-increasing amounts of wind and solar power, but electricity must be generated the moment it’s consumed. The wind doesn’t always blow—especially when it’s hot—and the sun doesn’t always shine. Therefore, California must import vast amounts of power from the 13 other states (along with Canada and Mexico) in the Western Interconnection whenever that’s required to keep the lights on and the air conditioners running.

 For the privilege of having electricity when it’s available over the past few days, Californians pay 61 percent above the national average for electricity. 

Batteries are touted as the savior for storing and providing electricity when the sun doesn't shine and the wind doesn't blow. However the state can still only store enough power to keep California energized for a few minutes after spending Billions of dollars.

As an example, San Francisco’s 890,000 people would need an $8 billion battery farm weighing about 380,000 tons to avoid frequent blackouts if it were to go 100 percent renewable by 2045, as per California law. The cost would be about $16,000 per household. It’s important to note that after being drained over 12 hours, on a windless, cold winter’s day, power would be then unavailable in subsequent days if the state relied on such batteries.

Georgetown is already paying excessive charges for electricity caused by the poor decisions of the City Council to enter into long term contracts for solar and wind generated electricity at fixed costs that exceed the average price available from other sources in Texas. 

Our costs would increase dramatically if batteries are required to provide grid stability and reliability!