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They don’t mean 90% during peak demand. They mean at most solar makes up 90% of our generation. This would occur 11a-2p. Peak demand is 5-7 pm, and it’s twice as high as the midday load and it’s met by huge natural gas turbines that run a few hundred hours per year.



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