California has an environmental problem.

Companies have built so many solar farms across the state that on many days — particularly in the spring months when sunshine is abundant but demand for air conditioning isn’t very high — they are producing more solar electricity than the state needs. Sometimes the farms have to be shut down because there isn’t enough demand.

The fix?

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Seeking to more easily sell the surplus solar power to other states, expand competition for electricity in general and reduce prices for California residents who pay some of the highest electricity costs in the nation, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a far-reaching bill earlier this month with a simple premise: Create a new, streamlined market across the West to make it easier to buy and sell electricity

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