Energy planners are working to increase the grid's reliability to keep the power on during droughts, wildfires and heat waves
CLIMATEWIRE | For the next five summers, extreme heat and other climate change impacts will threaten the reliability of California’s electrical grid, state officials said Friday.
State and grid officials earlier this month revealed that California faces the possibility of electricity blackouts returning this summer because of power supply shortages . That prediction was based on an analysis of existing power supplies, new sources expected to come online and the potential for extreme events.
Newsom recently proposed spending $5.2 billion to improve energy reliability . But Friday’s presentation showed the challenges the Newsom administration will face. Outages could hit millions of homes Electricity reliability during early evenings in September will be challenging for the next five years, with the state unable to find enough power supply sources to provide that 22.5 percent buffer, according to Friday’s presentation.
She didn’t specify which generation sources would be retiring. But the analysis assumes the closure of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant run by Pacific Gas and Electric Co. The plant's two reactors are scheduled to close in 2024 and 2025, though there’s now talk of potentially keeping the facility open for a few more years .
The Newsom administration’s plan for energy reliability includes directing the state Department of Water Resources to buy more power supplies, such as backup generators and storage, Millar said. In addition, the state would keep some power plants running that would otherwise be retiring. And California would use power purchase agreements to bring more resources into the state.
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