California’s electrical grid stands at the center of the state’s climate challenge. State greenhouse gas emission reduction plans rely on achieving 60 percent renewable power by 2030 and 100 percent carbon-free power by 2045. At the same time, aging grid infrastructure has contributed to record-setting wildfires, leading utilities to impose preemptive system shutoffs for public safety. A range of technologies are available to simultaneously promote resilience and decarbonization, but policy reforms will be necessary to bring them to scale. 

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