As gas plants struggle, California seeks new flexible capacity strategies

By Herman K. Trabish | UtilityDIVE Link to article

With up to 6 GW of gas plants at risk of closure, energy planners are scrambling for new compensation techniques and zero-carbon alternatives

Accelerating clean energy and climate goals in California have policymakers thinking in unprecedented ways about how to manage the state’s power system.

California’s utilities already face a 50% renewable energy mandate to hit by 2030, and now lawmakers are debating even more ambitious targets. (Link to article)