This is readily seen in California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom’s trip to Belém, Brazil, to rub elbows with the global elite at the U.N.’s COP30 global climate conference on Nov. 11. Newsom, an all-but-declared candidate for the Democratic nomination for president in 2028, slammed the Trump administration for not attending the confab, accusing the president of “handing the future to China,” presumably in the category of selling solar panels embedded with secret kill switches.
Newsom went on to say that “We’re not turning backwards to the failed policies of the past — California is fighting for a clean-energy future, even as President Trump bends the knee to his Gulf-State patrons and takes a nap as the world burns.” Newsom also claimed that California is now operating its grid on “two-thirds clean energy,” with California operating on 100% non-fossil-fuel energy for at least part of the day nine out of 10 days this year.
But California now has the nation’s second-highest electricity prices, only behind Hawaii, with the Golden State’s electricity prices rising the most of any state since 2010: 127%, according to a new report from Jonathan A. Lesser, Ph.D., a senior fellow with the National Center for Energy Analytics.
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Sales of certain types of generators will no longer be permitted in 2028, according to a new law passed by state lawmakers this month.
California became the first state in the nation to outlaw the sale of gas-powered small single-engine off-road equipment (SORE) such as lawnmowers and leaf blowers in an attempt to curb emissions.
“Honestly, we’re going to have to figure out solutions for people,” said Ryan Huson, Manager of Holley Generator & Equipment in Rancho Cordova. “Hopefully shift business in a way that we can still support people in their time of need when the power goes out.”
The new law affects portable gas-powered generators that run under 25 horsepower. These types of generators may be used to power a fridge or other mid-sized appliances.