California is awash in renewable energy – except when it’s most needed

California isn't awash in energy. Per the EIA's web site[1], it imports 30% of its electricity. California is suffering from generation and storage poverty.

1. https://www.eia.gov/state/?sid=CA

"In 2021, California was the fourth-largest electricity producer in the nation, but the state was also the nation’s second-largest consumer of electricity, and in 2020, it received about 30% of its electricity supply from generating facilities outside of California, including imports from Mexico."

I'd really like to see more variable pricing for households and businesses. Power should be cheap at midday on Sunny days, expensive when power is scarce. Its crazy to run an electric hot water heater in peak time in a heatwave, but most people have no control.