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		jonatron on April 21, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: California Electricity Mix Live Dashboard It could be inertia, solar doesn't have any spinning mass to maintain the frequency. https://www.nationalgrideso.com/electricity-explained/how-do...

gpm on April 21, 2024 [–]

Would the 2.5 GW of nuclear/geothermal/hydro not do that? Maybe not enough (or geographically distributed properly)?

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