Opinion: Ailing power grid stymies electric shift
Yet as California rushes to achieve its climate goals of 90% “clean” energy within a dozen years, it is far behind in its need to upgrade our electrical infrastructure.As CalMatters reported, “California officials insist that the grid can provide enough electricity” to handle millions of new electric vehicles, but “that’s based on multiple assumptions — including building solar and wind at almost five times the pace of the past decade — that may not be realistic.
The California Independent System Operator, the regional organization that manages the electricity grid, this month released a draft report calling “for an additional 22 transmission projects driven by the state’s energy policy goals.” The ISO estimates those costs at $7.53 billion over the next decade — at a time when California is facing a $25-billion budget deficit.
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