California Grid Powers Through Extreme Heat, Meeting Highest Demand Since 2022 Without Outages
California's electric grid met its highest demand since September 2022 during this week's extreme heat event without rotating outages or emergency Flex Alerts, Governor Gavin Newsom's office announced October 13. "This week's extreme heat put our grid to the test, and California's clean energy transformation passed with flying colors," Newsom said. The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) reported peak demand at levels not seen since the September 2022 heat wave, with solar, wind and battery storage providing the overwhelming majority of electricity during peak hours and batteries discharging record amounts in the evening. CAISO President and CEO Elliot Mainzer said grid operators and clean energy resources "performed exactly as designed." California now has more than 10,000 megawatts of battery storage connected to the grid — a tenfold increase since 2020 — and has invested more than $50 billion in climate action over the past decade.
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