>- In the last 12 months, California has curtailed production of enough solar energy to power 518,000 homes for a year. - Californians, whose electric rates are roughly twice the national average, are essentially paying for power capacity they are unable to use. - The solar glut raises questions about the state’s plan to generate all its electricity from carbon-free sources by 2045 >California is making so much solar energy that large commercial operators are increasingly forced to stop production, raising questions about the state’s costly plan to shift entirely to carbon-free sources of electricity. . . [Source](https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-11-24/california-has-so-much-solar-power-that-increasingly-it-goes-to-waste)