California’s record with high-speed rail does not instill confidence.
Croll [director of Pacific offshore wind at American Clean Power, a clean energy trade group] said it’s “certainly possible” for California to reach its minimum target of 2 to 5 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030 despite these complex interdependencies. “But a lot of things have to align — and align very tightly,” she said. “You need transmission to be done on time, procurement to be done on time, permitting to be done on time, ports to be done on time. That means extraordinary coordination and public policy alignment, as well as sustained political will.”
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