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California just achieved a critical milestone for nearly two weeks: 'It's wild that this isn't getting more news coverage'


California has hit 100% renewable energy before, but this is the first time the state has sustained that success over an extended period.

While California has hit 100% renewable energy before, for brief moments on exceptionally sunny days, this is the first time the state has sustained that success over an extended period. "It's wild that this isn't getting more news coverage," Ian Magruder of Rewiring America wrote, responding to Jacobson's post. "In 2009, when we first proposed 100% [WindWaterSolar], the utilities and naysayers claimed the grid would go unstable with more than 20 per cent renewable energy, with no evidence," Jacobson wrote on X, per .

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