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Nuclear Plant Closures And Renewables Increase Electricity Prices & Unreliability, Testifies Michael Shellenberger to U.S. Senate

Environmental Progress

Without large-scale ways to back up solar energy, California has had to block electricity coming from solar farms when it’s extremely sunny, and pay neighboring states to take it, in order to avoid adding much energy on the grid during hours of peak solar production. [44] per megawatt-hour on average in 2012 to $30.42

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Lawsuit Filed Challenging Solar Power Facility in California. A California community services district and a neighborhood group filed a lawsuit challenging San Bernardino County authorizations for a solar power generating facility across 3,500 acres. County of Kern , No. BCV-20-100080 (Cal.

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