Newsom’s 2024 Climate Platform – WSJ

California can barely leave the lights on as its climate policy bites the power grid, but Gov. Gavin Newsom is fearless. On Friday he signed no fewer than 40 – counting 40 – new climate laws to boost California’s green energy shock experiment.

Even though gasoline prices have fallen nationwide to an average of $3.68 per gallon, Californians are still paying $5.45 per gallon. Electricity rates in California are already more than double those in neighboring states. This is what happens when politicians try to eliminate fossil fuels with a Molotov cocktail of regulation, taxes, and renewable mandates and subsidies.