Suddenly, The Deal Came Apart and Solar, Wind and Battery storage stepped in.

The beginning of the end of big, climate-changing power plants in California

Then, suddenly, the deal started to come apart - much to the happy surprise of environmentalists who opposed it on the grounds that it was unnecessary and conflicted with the state's clean energy goals, and to Oxnard officials and activists who were tired of industrial projects being sited time and again on their border.

 From article, (Plans to build a new natural-gas-fueled power plant on the Ventura County coast had been in the works for years, and the project seemed like an all-but-done deal just a few short weeks ago. The Puente Energy Project, to be built and operated by NRG Energy, had obtained most of the necessary approvals and was preparing for the final go-ahead from the California Energy Commission. It was a project similar to other recently approved plants in Huntington Beach and Carlsbad.

Then, suddenly, the deal started to come apart — much to the happy surprise of environmentalists who opposed it on the grounds that it was unnecessary and conflicted with the state’s clean energy goals, and to Oxnard officials and activists who were tired of industrial projects being sited time and again on their border.

The beginning of the end came when the Energy Commission asked the California Independent System Operator, the agency responsible for keeping the state’s electric grid running smoothly, to explore whether the backup power could be obtained through “preferred” resources. (Preferred power sources, like solar and wind, are those that don’t produce greenhouse gasses.))

Me, "Good old Solar, Wind, and battery storage to the rescue."

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