This can be a "have your cake and eat it too" situation. California, most of Northern Europe and many other jurisdictions have a power market without this problem. They do this by also establishing a market for capacity and/or reliability.

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zdragnar 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

> California

> without a problem

That doesn't really line up.

	▲	mrguyorama 3 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Then try one of the other 48 states. The rest of us have figured this out. People should stop pretending the US is only Texas and California like there aren't plenty of well run states that aren't single-party kleptocracies
	▲	bryanlarsen 3 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		California's myriad problems are delivery side, not supply side.

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dlcarrier 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

California has both a free energy market and energy capacity problems, although NIMBYism is the main factor in the lack of stable energy production.