California to open 5 natural gas plants to avoid blackouts

> California has been gambling that we can have a grid that can supply the fifth largest economy in the planet with enough electricity primarily from wind and solar (...) Now, the problem with that is that wind and solar is not baseload, it is intermittent load, it is a supply that goes away when we need it the most.

https://kmph.com/news/local/california-to-open-5-natural-gas-plants-to-avoid-blackouts