No, renewables did not cause California’s blackouts
California’s grid operator says more clean power is what’s necessary to stop the grid from reaching capacity in the future.
Record heat across California the weekend of August 15 spurred Golden Staters to blast their air conditioners. The strain on the power grid was so great that California’s grid operator started rationing electricity. For the first time since the 2001 electricity crisis, it imposed rolling blackouts, shutting down power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses up and down the state.