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		California peaks at 4+ GW of utility-scale solar generation, meets 18% of demand (solarserver.com)
		3 points by EEGuy on March 13, 2014 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

EEGuy on March 13, 2014 [–]

This peak does not include "behind the meter" (rooftop solar) generation.

The peak last year was 2.07 GW, set in June.

Summary info here [1]; Calif ISO graph here [2]; we didn't quite hit 4GW today 3/12/14.

[1] http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/green-tech/solar/califor...

[2] http://www.caiso.com/outlook/SystemStatus.html

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