"Not to be pessimistic, but I think we are going to need to see a couple of disasters before a more detailed review is done."

I take a different view of outages, Joe. They're wonderful learning experiences for Californians who believe the whole state (or country) can be powered by renewables alone.

I notice you've carefully plotted how batteries could store solar electricity during the day, then provide electricity for evening peaks. What will keep lights on during cloudy, windless days?

Also, in two scenarios of potential solutions to California's reliability problems, you anticipate new nuclear could help to provide stability. Several groups here are supporting a petition to FERC for review of the shutdown of Diablo Canyon, a perfectly-functional, modern, well-maintained, safe nuclear plant that PG&E is preparing to plow into the ground in 2025. It cost $11 billion - a cost entirely financed in the rates of the 16 million customers in PG&E's service area, over the last 30 years. If the company expects those customers will accept even higher rates to keep it solvent, it's mistaken - with even talk of the company going into federal receivership.

The state PUC has apparently washed its hands of trying to generate reliability in California, and is looking to import it from Utah, Wyoming and other Western states, of unknown provenance (likely gas and goal):

Imports will also help to export emissions - as if emissions in Wyoming from generating California electricity will stay in Wyoming. As if.

Note the 2GW of imports predicted to fill the gaps left by Diablo Canyon Units 1 & 2 in 2025-2026. If it seems California's CPUC and Governor are hypocritically engineering a fake-green handout to local natural gas interests, that's putting it mildly.