4:30 PM IST, 26 Sep 20204:30 PM IST, 26 Sep 2020Save(Bloomberg) -- Electrifying all new cars in California could be an immense burden on the state’s struggling power grid -- or a whole new line of defense against blackouts. Electrifying all new cars in California could be an immense burden on the state’s struggling power grid -- or a whole new line of defense against blackouts.It all depends on the time of day vehicles charge.Governor Gavin Newsom’s executive order last week to phase out sales of new gasoline-powered cars could add millions of electric vehicles to roads, driving up power...…4:30 PM IST, 26 Sep 20204:30 PM IST, 26 Sep 2020Save(Bloomberg) -- Electrifying all new cars in California could be an immense burden on the state’s struggling power grid -- or a whole new line of defense against blackouts. Electrifying all new cars in California could be an immense burden on the state’s struggling power grid -- or a whole new line of defense against blackouts.It all depends on the time of day vehicles charge.Governor Gavin Newsom’s executive order last week to phase out sales of new gasoline-powered cars could add millions of electric vehicles to roads, driving up power...WW…

When deadly wildfires tinted Western skies a Martian hue this week, homeowners with their own rooftop solar systems were able to tell with great precision just how much useful sunlight reached them through the gloom: next to none.Wednesday was “the worst generation day, ever,” said Mary Holstege, a retired software engineer in Cupertino, California, who went solar a year ago. Her system, which puts out 40 kilowatt-hours a day in the summer, barely dribbled out 1.65 — maybe enough to dry a load of laundry.Others fared worse. Bentham Paulos, an energy policy consultant in Berkeley,...…When deadly wildfires tinted Western skies a Martian hue this week, homeowners with their own rooftop solar systems were able to tell with great precision just how much useful sunlight reached them through the gloom: next to none.Wednesday was “the worst generation day, ever,” said Mary Holstege, a retired software engineer in Cupertino, California, who went solar a year ago. Her system, which puts out 40 kilowatt-hours a day in the summer, barely dribbled out 1.65 — maybe enough to dry a load of laundry.Others fared worse. Bentham Paulos, an energy policy consultant in Berkeley,...WW…