California spends $150 million a year to keep backup gas plant on call as solar pressure mounts

California spends $150 million a year to keep backup gas plant on call as solar pressure mounts

California spends about $150 million each year to keep a gas-fired power plant ready for emergency backup, and leaders at the Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE) want it shut down. What's happening? Writing in an opinion essay for the Ventura County Star, Lucia Marquez, associate policy director at Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy, urged California to stop funneling public money to the Ormond Be…