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Mark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

CAISO has the lowest US wholesale electricity prices thus the most stable US grid despite its huge growth in WindWaterSolar In-state WWS has met 56.8% of demand in '26 Gas down 61.2%, solar up 55%,bat up 334% '26 v '23 67th straight & 133/157 days in 2026 w/WWS100% of demand, for avg of 5.03 h/d

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Mark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Despite CA's high retail prices, which have nothing to do with renewables x.com/mzjacobson/s... TX pays 23% higher electricity bills than CA due mostly to CA's energy efficiency web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/j...

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Zamafir @zamafir.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

It's great you point this out, and I struggle with the replies you get of 'but why isn't it cheaper for consumers'. It seems most people don't understand, as climate change intensifies, costs to mitigate so too will increase, which is why wholesale reduction is *critical*.

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b.rad @bromowitz.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Some would say this indicates that energy utility providers are using low electricity wholesale prices to gouge us and pad their profits . . . b.rad

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