As climate crisis worsens, this California city wants to build a gas plant

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As climate crisis worsens, this California city wants to build a gas plant
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This city was founded in 1906 and shares a border with L.A. at Griffith Park. It’s home to Walt Disney Imagineering (for now) and has excellent hiking trails. Also, it’s possibly the last city that will build a fossil-fueled power plant in California.

Why am I telling you all this in an article about Glendale?

The utilities commission’s proposal would decimate the rooftop solar market, with installations falling from a projected 1,308 megawatts to 716 megawatts in 2024, according to a new analysis from research firm Wood Mackenzie. The full picture is actually even worse for the solar industry because WoodMac’s earlier projection had already assumed less-dramatic cuts to net metering.

But the big questions facing Glendale and the rest of the state are basically the same: What’s the best way to confront the climate crisis while keeping the lights on? And do we need to keep investing in gas, at least for a little longer, to make it all work? Water pours from a pipe in the San Bernardino Mountains, where the company BlueTriton Brands collects water for bottling.

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