Power and Grids
California’s shift from gas to electric power brings grid and cost strains
California’s push to electrify nearly everything, from cars to kitchen stoves, is colliding with a power grid that wasn’t built for the load and a rate structure that keeps climbing. As of spring 2026, residential electricity customers served by the state’s three largest utilities pay some of the highest rates in the continental United States, […]
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