Some greens are quietly delighted that California's electric grid can no longer be trusted.
How envious your neighbors must be, if you already have a solar panel on your roof. How virtuous you are to harness the pristine sun, while they still patronize the grubby burners of coal. Just don't mention the 300 pounds of lead-sulfuric acid batteries in the basement. Or the backup generator in your garage that burns three times as much fuel as a central power station does to make the same amount of electricity. Microprocessors and bandwidth already substitute for military personnel in outer space, and before long they'll take over the fighter jet and the tank.