Liam Denning, Columnist

California Power Crisis Is New Normal: Elements by Liam Denning

There’s a risk of electricity imports being unavailable when needed the most.

September 2, 2022 at 11:19 AM UTC

Liam Denning is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering energy. A former banker, he edited the Wall Street Journal’s Heard on the Street column and wrote the Financial Times’s Lex column.

Power lines during a heat wave in North Hollywood, California, US
Photographer: Eric Thayer/Bloomberg

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