Batteries power California’s newly reliable grid

Amid 100°F heat, California avoided emergencies, thanks to a battery boom that now bolsters the nation's top solar power producer.

California has long been an easy mark for Republicans eager to criticize clean energy policies.

The nation’s most populous state struggled with rolling blackouts in a 2020 heat wave, handing political fodder to opponents of California’s ongoing transition to a carbon-free grid. Then-President Donald Trump accused Democrats of “forcing Americans in the dark.”

But four years later, how the tables turn.

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Source: POLITICO

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