California has the most stable U.S. grid due to its renewables plus batteries
Wholesale prices
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TX pays 23% higher ele bills than CA
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Low wholesale (spot) price means it is easy to match demand. High price means it is hard to match demand. CA has the lowest max spot price for the past year so the most stable grid.
Spot price has also declined with growth of solar+batteries, as seen in Fig 8 here
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California has the most stable U.S. grid due to its renewables plus batteries
Wholesale prices
www.eia.gov/electricity/...
TX pays 23% higher ele bills than CA
web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/j...
More RE-->lower elec prices
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Video
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How fast are batteries being added to electricity grids and at what cost?
Battery installations and their costs in U.S. states
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Grids with the lowest U.S. wholesale electricity price
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Despite CA's high retail prices, which have nothing to do with renewables
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TX pays 23% higher electricity bills than CA due mostly to CA's energy efficiency
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California's grid is so stable, gas output has declined by 62% in '26 v '23
Wind now provides ~same output as gas (~14% of demand)
69 days straight & 135/159 (85%) with WWS>100% of demand for 5.1 h/d among all days
WWS has supplied 57% of demand in '26
Batteries up 335%, demand down 0.9% v '23
CAISO has the lowest US wholesale electricity prices thus the most stable US grid despite its huge growth in WindWaterSolar
In-state WWS has met 56.8% of demand in '26
Gas down 61.2%, solar up 55%,bat up 334% '26 v '23
67th straight & 133/157 days in 2026 w/WWS100% of demand, for avg of 5.03 h/d
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A Climate of Truth
Rethinking Climate Policy
Tipping Out of Trouble
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California has the cheapest wholesale electricity prices in the country, and clean energy is the reason why
Free sun, wind, water batteries produce low wholesale prices. CA's retail prices are high for a few reasons, but RE is not one.
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The California ISO grid posted the lowest wholesale electricity price...
California has the most stable U.S. grid due to its renewables plus batteries
Wholesale prices
www.eia.gov/electricity/...
TX pays 23% higher ele bills than CA
web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/j...
More RE-->lower elec prices
web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/j...
Video
www.youtube.com/shorts/Ypj-P...
