The California Energy Commission (CEC) has approved a 2030 goal of 7 GW load shifting capacity. That’s up from between 3.1 GW and 3.6 GW as of 2022 and is paired with a target of 38 GW of further renewable energy capacity for the same deadline of 2030. Besides expanding demand response programs which explicitly reward reducing power use when power supply is struggling to meet demand, this will also rely heavily on more drastic time-of-use power price disparities. The 7 GW consists of 3 GW of load-modifying, which is the “softer” form of demand management, and 4 GW of Resource Planning and Procurement plus Incremental and Emergency category resources, the “hard” type. Required by a state senate bill passed…