California Gov. Gavin Newsom suspended several environmental quality regulations on Friday to allow fossil fuel power plants to produce more electricity as the state feared blackouts due to an ongoing heatwave.
Solar and wind energy, which the state has attempted to increase as it pursues zero-emissions goals, are unable to meet the increased demand and famously failed last August during another heatwave when there was little wind and skies were overcast over parts of the state.
Newsom signed an “extreme heat proclamation” on Friday that allowed the California Air Resources Board to allow “maximum discretion” to allow the use of generators on land, and to let ships in port use auxiliary engines for power, rather than connecting to the onshore grid.
In addition, Newsom suspended “daily average and instantaneous temperature limitations in waste discharge requirements for thermal power plants,” and lifted restrictions on “the amount of power that a facility may generate,” as well as air quality rules “that prevent the facility from generating additional power during peak demand hours.”
Newsom signed an additional proclamation specifically pertaining to auxiliary engines on ships docked in local ports.
Last year, Newsom said that the state needed to “sober up” about the limitations of renewable energy sources, though he has continued to pursue a “green” agenda, promising to phase out the internal combustion engine in vehicles in the state.
The Wall Street Journal noted Monday that California is also drawing on power generated by and for other states that happens to pass through it, thanks to a favorable ruling from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
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Just trying to keep us from recalling him in Sept but t his is sure to get those idiots from Greenpeace upset
Newsom is committed to carbon-free future, except when it is politically inconvenient. Let’s hope he goes the way of Gray Davis, soon.
Californian horse breeders will undoubtedly be looking to cash in on the twin vision of electric cars and no electricity…
Just in time for animal activists to have horse breeding outlawed.
Shank’s pony it is then.
It’s become embarrassing for the premier green energy state in the union to tell their EV fanbois to stop charging their golf carts because “there isn’t enough power every evening” ☻☻☻
The Democrats can always count on the Lapdog Media to cover up for them look at how they covered up for Clinton and Obama
And this (clever) state has closed nuclear power plants?
This is where activists and green politicians get themselves into trouble. They forget that a power grid needs to have base load capability all of the time and especially during times of high demand, which is when human lives can be put at risk.