California’s 11.5 GW clean energy procurement, which has a 2023 to 2026 timespan, is likely to end up including some room for gas capacity upgrades. This development has emerged after a ruling from an administrative law judge requested feedback on whether the procurement order, first approved by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) in June, can allow natural gas upgrades at existing power plants. The scale of gas to be permitted within the procurement order has been unclear, varying from 500 MW to 1.5 GW. Naturally, the three big old utilities in the state have supported the presence of gas while a plethora of NGOs oppose it: but at the same time, the utilities opposed having such upgrades as a…