Sept. 13 — California has a lot more solar installed (27.9 GW versus 4.6 GW) and has to worry about the duck curve, while Texas has very little solar, so energy produced at midday on sunny days is still very valuable, because those sunny days also increase air conditioning demand, which means the increased power comes exactly when it is most needed. According to this report published 3 days ago by the Solar Energy Industries Association and Wood Mackenzie (sponsor of the Energy Gang Podcast that started me down this rabbit hole), while California added over twice as much solar PV as Texas in 2019, Texas is installing 50% more this year.

— Clean Technica