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13. The drought and fires have directly affected my family.

Thankfully none of the family homes burned down, but the fires came close and there were mandatory evacuations -- all this and covid too.

We also know people whose wells have gone dry.

The water that's moved around the state, uphill and downhill, plays a very significant role in maintaining the stability of the electric grid, especially as wind and solar inputs fluctuate.

With less water that stability has to be maintained by natural gas power plants.

There's nothing mysterious about that, anyone can watch how it works here:

http://www.caiso.com/TodaysOutlook/Pages/supply.html

Hydropower is down very significantly. That load has been picked up by fossil fuel power plants. When the power plant at Diablo Canyon is shut down gas use will inevitably increase.

Germany has similar data available on the internet.

https://energy-charts.info/charts/power/chart.htm?l=en&c=DE&stacking=stacked_absolute_area