Tom Tanton, Director of Science and Technology Assessment for The Energy & Environment Legal Institute, joins the show to discuss California's recent rolling blackouts and what went wrong with the state's energy policies to get here.

Links:

• More about the problems facing California: 
https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/renewable/renewable-mandates-are-leading-to-electricity-shortages-and-price-spikes-in-california/

• An in-depth explanation of the solar duck curve phenomenon:
https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/solar-energys-duck-curve/

• More about California's electrification efforts:
https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/the-grid/californias-natural-gas-to-electric-future/

• More from The Energy & Environment Legal Institute:
https://eelegal.org/

• Follow Tom on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TantonTalkback

The Energy Update - Week of August 31, 2020

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