alt Hacker NewsUtah isn't a power grid.
They're on the western interconnect.
Combined solar and wind are about 25-30% of production there.
These articles about individual states are trash.
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Rebelgecko • today at 3:57 PM
Fwiw I think Utah is the only state with legalized plugin solar (many more on the way though!)
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Rover222 • today at 4:36 PM
Okay debbie downer, it's still positive news
toomuchtodo • today at 3:55 PM
Utah is about half of the Pacificorp East balancing authority.
https://app.electricitymaps.com/map/zone/US-NW-PACE/live/fif...
Nevada Power serves a substantial amount of western Utah.
https://app.electricitymaps.com/map/zone/US-NW-NEVP/live/fif...
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petesergeant • today at 4:04 PM
I think I know what this means, but I bet you share a better explanation with us all too of the point you're making
So? We can still measure how much power everyone in a state uses, and how much power the state generates. Utah generates a lot of power from non-renewable sources, and I assume (but I can't find data) they have the ability to generate a lot more but didn't because solar was used instead. That solar is a big part of what Utah generates is just big news.
Now if we are comparing a hypothetical place that doesn't have anything else this wouldn't be interesting, but that isn't the case. (I'm sure my suburb generates more energy from solar than anything else - as you would expect the only other generation we have is backup generators)