The issue with California power is its overreliance on 'imported" electricity and its desire to go green (at least with respect to energy produced within the state).

In total the state has close 30 power generation plants including nuclear, coal, petroleum and others. Five of those plants were nuclear plants. One third of our electricity is now generated in other states... more than any other state in the country.

Trump made energy independence an important strategic goal in the US. California needs to do the same and it needs to revert to an "all energy" strategy rather than a green energy strategy.

I am not against "green energy", I have 32 solar panels on my roof, and I am looking to add 6 more. My wife and I drive EVs. But from that experience (more than 8 years now), we have learned that "green energy" is not the answer. It is an important component of the answer, but the answer lies in an all-energy strategy ideally with nuclear energy to produce enough energy to meet the "night" demand for power, green energy should be targeted to produce the delta between our daylight demand and our "night" demand, and fossil fuels to fill any gaps. Batteries are not the answer.

We need to launch a new campaign building at least a dozen of the newer smaller nuclear plants that do not require water for cooling and so can be located in safer areas not prone to fault lines or tsunamis.

In spite of these reduced generation capabilities that state has plans to close several of its natural gas generation plants.

I will be thinking about the stupidity of our energy policy that declares gas powered cars will cease to be sold in 2035 in the same week we are told not to charge our EVs. Where is the announcement that we will be investing money to make the grid more robust and increase nuclear electricity production.