Diagonally

From our European perspective, taking a close look at the day-to-day reality of California’s power system is like observing an open-air laboratory from which to learn, and from which we can anticipate what our own daily life might look like a few years from now. The reason is that, until about five years ago, California’s electricity system had a daily reality very similar to the one we currently have in Spain: a lot of photovoltaic generation and large energy surpluses at midday.