Carl Wurtz, Author at California Globe

Lessons Learned From California’s Averted Power Crisis

September 21, 2022 2:50 amSeptember 20, 2022 2:25 pm

Shortly after 4:55 PM on Sept. 6, California’s electricity grid set a new record. Briefly, residents and businesses were consuming electricity at a rate of 51,426 million watts, and the grid was stretched to its limit. Were it not for...

The Failure of California Electricity Policy, Part 2

May 2, 2022 7:50 amMay 2, 2022 8:27 am

When “The Failure of California Electricity Policy In One Image” was published in early April, comments left by readers seemed to indicate they had overestimated California’s progress with clean energy. That might have been expected; my op-ed had explained why...

The Failure of California Electricity Policy in One Image

April 2, 2022 7:50 amApril 2, 2022 10:21 pm

In a few weeks it will be one year since the article “California just hit 95% renewable energy. Will other states come along for the ride?” appeared in the Los Angeles Times. Its author, reporter Sammy Roth, had learned that California briefly...