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WindWaterSolar meets a peak of 161.5% of demand; solar meets 132.5% of demand Sat 10/25/26 in CA WWS has met >100% of demand for 213 of 297 days (71.7%), or 17% of all hours in 2026 WWS has met 55% of demand in '26 v 46% in '23 Solar up 50% '26 v '23 Wind up 24% Batteries up 297% Gas down 43.2%

We desperately need a journalism that understands that balance is useless if maintaining it requires sacrificing interrogation and observation; that what people *claim* must be mediated through the facts about what *is*; that its 1st mission is not to fairness but to accurately informing the public.

With 6 more straight days of 100% WWS for part of the day, CAISO has now reached 100% WWS on 210 of 289 (72.7%) days in 2026, which compares with 51 days in 2023. WWS has met 55.2% of all demand in 2026, vs 46.6% in '23. 17.2% of all hours in 2026 have had >100% WWS, vs 3.1% in '23

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Unsurprisingly, 60 Minutes ratings are down. What people like Ellison don’t understand is that many of us wouldn’t watch CBS News, including 60 Minutes, if you paid us. Like Bezos, they don’t understand that consuming content is as much a statement of values as anything.

After the worst heat of the year, fossil gas use is still 48% lower in 2026 than in 2023 and has supplied only 20% of all electricity in 2026 versus 39% in 2023. 189th >100% WWS day of 2026. 56.3% of all electricity during the year has been from WWS.

WWS supply has now exceeded 100% of demand on the California ISO grid for 18.5% of all hours in 2026. 56.2% of all demand in 2026 has been met by WWS. 187th 100% WWS day of the year on Sat, Sep. 13. WindWaterSolar continues to provide stable output in California, even through heat waves.

I don't know. I guess I'm just old. But what I'd like to see in a foldable iPhone is something that folds vertically like the old Startac or Razr. So, when it's in in my pocke, it's small, but when I take it out to use it, it's like my regular sized iPhone.

Gas relegated to mid-July to August, and that use will disappear as WWS continues growing 4 days straight & 183/245 (75%) with WWS meeting >100% of demand for 4.4 h/day Gas down 49.1% '26 v '23 WWS up 21% Solar up 53% Wind up 21% Batteries up 319% WWS has met 56.7% of demand in '26 v 47.2% in '23

Record battery output (13.441 GW) on the 177th of 230 days (77%) in 2026 with WindWaterSolar meeting > 100% of demand for part of the day. WWS has meet 57.5% of all demand YTD, and fossil gas has met only 18.2%. It is down 53% versus 2023.

New solar peak output record (23.49 GW) and battery output record (57.71 GWh/day) on Saturday, August 15, 2026, on the CAISO grid. 175th of 227 days (77.1%) in 2026 with WWS>100% of demand for part of the day. Solar up 52%, wind up 17%, batteries up 322%, fossil gas down 53% in 2026 v 2023.

During a summer with high temperatures and high electricity demand, WindWaterSolar exceeds 100% of demand for parts of the 174th of 226 days during the year (77%).

Spread the word - another record on the 99th of 100 days in CA with >100% clean, renewable energy. New battery peak discharge record of 12.994 GW on the 27th straight, 99th of 100, and 160th of 185 (87%) days in '26 with WindWaterSolar meeting > 100% of demand, for an avg of 5.4 h/day.

And here is a visualization of the country-by-country penetration of WindWaterSolar web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/j...

Just another day, another 100% WindWaterSolar day 95 of the last 96 days and 161 of 186 (86.6%) all year have seen WWS meet>100% of demand Gas down 62.4%, batt up 337%, solar up 54%, wind up 15% '26 v '23 Demand almost same as in '23 WWS has provided 59% of all in-state CAISO electricity in '26

Happy Independence and Energy Independence Day Let's celebrate something really good in the US WindWaterSolar renewables & storage are proving themselves capable of providing reliable power. CAISO grid WWS has met >100% of demand for 93 of 94 days & 159 of 184 (86.4%) in '26 for an avg of 5.4 h/d

California may soon be able to eliminate entirely fossil gas peaker plants because a combination of batteries, hydro, and imports (which themselves are 58% WindWaterSolar and growing) provide the exact same service but at a much lower cost and faster ramp rate (and more cleanly and safely).

Wow! Gas has sunk so low and wind has jumped so high that wind has surpassed fossil gas as the 2nd-largest in-state source of electricity in California. *Solar:163 GWh/day 2026 *Wind 75.4 Gas 73.9 Nuclear 54.2 *Large hydro 53 *Geothermal 17.1 *Small hydro 6.7 Biomass 5 Biogas 3.9 Total WWS* 315.3

More crazy records in CA June 20 was a day not only with the highest WindWaterSolar as % of demand ever (164.6%), thus a day with the min net load ever (-9.2 GW), but also a day with the most hours WWS>100% of demand (10.33 h) in 2026 Plus, fossil gas supplied only 3.1% of demand.

I love my job. Progress like this helps overcome the bad news CAISO record peak WWS (30.1GW) surpasses highest 24-h demand (29.5GW) for first time ever in June 145 of 170 days (85.3%) 2026 w/WWS>100% of demand 57.75% of demand in '26 met w/WWS Gas down 61%, batt up 337%, solar up 56% '26 v '23

In 2021 - zero days with WindWaterSolar meeting > 100% of demand on the California ISO grid for part of the day. In 2022 - 6 days (1.6%) In 2023 - 56 days (15.3%) In 2024 - 125 days (34.1%) In 2025 - 221 days (60.5%) In 2026 - 141 days (85% so far) and counting

Buttigieg: We didn't know it, but we've all been trusting our lives to the restraint of whoever the president might be. And now we have a president who is completely unrestrained. And so the only answer to that is a functioning Congress. It turns out we do not have a functioning Congress.

Buttigieg: We sit in a in a country that's got the wrong number of people on the Supreme Court, possibly the wrong number of representatives in the House of Representatives. And by the way, when you consider the disenfranchisement of the people of DC, we have the wrong number of states in the US

Record solar output on the CAISO grid: 243.3 GWh Thu June 4 65th straight & 131 of 155 (84.5%) days in 2026 with WindWaterSolar meeting>100% of demand for part of the day Fossil gas down 61%, solar up 55%, batteries up 333% in 2026 v 2023. WWS has met 56.6% of demand so far in '26 vs 46.9% in '23

California's main grid is the most stable in the United States despite the fact that it has grown so much WindWaterSolar that WWS has met >100% of demand for parts of 84% of the days so far in 2026, resulting in 61% less fossil gas use in 2026 than in 2023.

Yet another record on the CAISO grid. 82.8% of 24-hour demand met by in-state WWS on Sun May 17. Gas down 61.2% in '26 v '23 and down 31.1% v '25 48 straight and 114 of 138 days in 2026 with >100% WWS for part of the day

If there is ever evidence on a large grid (eg, 4th-largest world economy) that deploy, deploy, deploy a mix of clean, renewable energy+storage techs (wind, solar, geothermal, hydro, batteries) as fast as possible is the answer to eliminating fossil fuels while providing grid stability, this is it.

A prolonged fossil fuel crunch just might, at this moment, be *the* exogenous shock necessary for a rapid global transition to clean energy adoption, but also it's going to be a brutally miserable experience for the world's poorest.

It is fitting that on Earth Day, 100% WindWaterSolar wins the day again. 21st straight and 87 of 111 (78.4%) days in 2026 with WWS meeting >100% of demand for part of the day on the California ISO grid. Fossil gas use down 60.2% in 2026 vs 2023.

From April 2025 to 2026, CAISO installed 4.656 GW batteries 1.534 GW solar 0.308 GW wind bringing totals to 16.04 GW/64.16 GWh batt 22.577 GW solar 8.681 GW wind CAISO queue is 17.1 GW batt 19 GW sol 0.8 GW wind 0 bio, gas, nuc This is why WWS will ultimately supply 100% of demand 24/7/365

WindWaterSolar met 73% of 24-hour demand and a peak of 139% of demand on 4/14 on the CAISO grid. WWS has also met 50.5% of all 2026 demand, and it is not even summer. 14th day straight and 80th of 104 (77%) with >100% WWS. Fossil gas down 60%, batteries up 324%, solar up 70% in '26 v '23.

This is why we use a combo of WindWaterSolar Wind breaks new CAISO output record-when it is needed-at night-10:40PM 4/8: 6.699 GW Ignoring batteries, WWS also met highest % 24-h demand YTD (69.1%) Gas down 59.3%, solar up 74.5%, batteries up 329% '26 v '23 74 of 98 days (75.5%) '26 with>100% WWS

69 of 93 days in 2026 with >100% WindWaterSolar on the California ISO grid. Gas still down 59%, solar up 75%, batteries up 328% since '23

I'm not sure about you, but I think the collapse of US hegemony, a global price spike and recession, and a new ground war in the Middle East are far worse than drag queens reading books at the library.

1. I would vote for anyone who could win a Democratic primary in 2028 2. I will vote for the most credible left candidate in the primary 3. The two-party system is bad and we should replace it with proportional representation 4. The presidency is bad and we should replace it with a Prime Minister

I cannot vote for Democrats because their excessive regulations hamper free enterprise. Here’s why I’m revamping my company’s entire operations to appeal to Donald Trump’s ego.

Anyway the real heroes of Minnesota are the countless volunteers doing boring shifts where nothing happens. The mom of three delivering food to 40 families in her kids’ school. The dad standing at the door of an elementary with a whistle for hours. The drivers endlessly looping, seeing nothing.

Close ICE, not the Kennedy Center.

more democrats should be pointing out that "illegal immigration" is not even a crime

The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.

"Still No Miracles Needed" is out Describes how to solve the climate crisis, and at the same time eliminate air pollution and safely secure energy supplies for all - without using miracle technologies. web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/j... Video www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTDN...

If you live in Texas 9th congressional district, or want to support a great candidate in the Democratic primary, then here is your man. Former astronaut and fighter pilot Terry Virts, @astroterry.bsky.social The house needs its own astronaut! terryvirts.com

"I'll speak today about the rupture in the world order, the end of the pleasant fiction and the dawn of a brutal reality in which great-power geopolitics is unconstrained." An extraordinary speech from Canada's prime minister.

Remarkable speech from Mark Carney today at Davos, worth reading in full. Thanks to Paul Wells for transcribing (and translating the French portion): paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...

AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.

semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003 when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out

It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason