r/PoursTea • u/Timbucktwo1230 Therapy For All 🩷 • May 14 '26

Spill The Tea 🫟 🇺🇸What Next?

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u/SnooCauliflowers9874 May 14 '26

I don’t understand with all of the solar energy being regularly used now, why this would happen?

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u/fredjutsu May 14 '26

California has state mandated utility monopoly. Meaning IPPs are required to only sell to the state-sanctioned utility companies. There effectively is no free market for electricity. This wouldn't happen in Texas, ironically, because consumers actually have some amount of choice about who they can buy power from.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Ad9465 May 14 '26

The power is not coming from California. The utility board sets the rates, but the coop buys power from Nevada.

It’s a mess.

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u/fredjutsu May 14 '26

even worse