California Sunshine Yields Ample Daytime Power, Some Wasted

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — California is producing so much solar-powered electricity during daytime hours that some plants are shutting down until demand picks up later in the day.The Press-Enterprise reports Sunday (http://bit.ly/2mewM4x ) that more than 300,000 megawatt hours of solar and wind power were curtailed last year due to plummeting electricity prices during these times.
The California Independent System Operator says the energy could have powered about 45,000 California homes for