Solar Can Step Up Cost Saving In California

California does merit to be called the Golden State, not only does it flicker in shine because of the numerous celebrities in Los Angeles but also because the state is quickly becoming the gold example in the U.S. when it comes to clean and renewable energy. At this instant, California is the leading solar power user in the U.S.

The Golden State also produces the most solar power in the country and is the first state to provide more than 5% of electricity from utility-scale solar panel arrays. For a state with a people of nearly 40 million Americans, one could wonder how Californians use this electricity, whether it is produced from solar power or traditional utility electricity.

So we have made a collection and analysis of various data collected from the population of California on how they use their power. Read on to find out about the Golden State’s energy usage.

Energy Sources

To explain how people in California get to use their electricity, we must first show where the Californians get their electricity. There are numerous sources which account for the total electricity supplies of California, sadly, nonrenewable resources still control the scene, hence why power can get expensive in the said state.

As of March 2018 though, the renewable energy reservoirs are catching up. Based on the data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) for March 2018, The most consumed resources of California for electricity are:

Natural Gas 6,510 thousand Megawatt hour (MWh).
Nonhydroelectric Renewables is second at 4,919 thousand MWh
Hydroelectric is third at 1,830 MWh
While Nuclear is fourth and last at 1,047 MWh

It is worth noting that the Nonhydroelectric Renewables is a compound of solar, wind, and geothermal, and other renewables which do not involve moving bodies of water. With additional developments on solar power down the road, California could soon be using clean, renewable energy more than non-renewable, a few more years perhaps and this will happen.

Consumption 

Now, this is the analysis of how Californians use their well-earned power per sector; the date is from 2016 though, some changes are in order but probably not that big. The data are quite surprising because most of us probably think that the most significant energy consumption accounts for residential use, after all, that is 40 million people who need electricity. However, the statistics from EIA show that California is more of an industrial and commercial powerhouse than a starving city of citizens. Businesses use most of its energy.

The transportation sector does use the most power, and this is because gasoline is thrown into the mix as part of energy expenditure. However, remove them, and you would still have the Industrial division as the most significant power user in California. The residential sector, after all, is not the culprit for the considerable electricity or energy consumption of California.  There is clearly a lot of information to work with about California, and we want savings.  

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