This is a result of piss poor public planning (p4, lol) by California gubmint. With all of the NIMBY, California is struggling to meet power demands because there simply aren't enough power plants. And solar/wind/whatever just isn't enough.

Cali gets its power from Arizona. yep, racist, redneck, never to be loved AZ, because AZ has been quietly building natural gas, coal and hydroelectric plants, along with Palo Verde.

/more California ostrich politics.