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spez_this 3 points ago +3 / -0

California power usage peaks at around 50,000 megawatts.

In 2013 they shut down and decommissioned San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. It produced about 2,200 megawatts.

They plan to shut down and decommission Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant by 2024. It also produces about 2,200 megawatts.

The four gas-powered facilities are scheduled to shut down by Dec. 31, 2020 under a regulation requiring coastal power plants to stop using ocean water for cooling. (This will probably be delayed.)

34% of California's energy comes from natural gas-fired power plants, which California is actively trying to eliminate.