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California can't use all its solar power. That's a huge problem.

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California 's solar farms have curtailed production of more than 3 million megawatt hours over the past 12 months .

That's more than twice the amount from 2021 , and is enough energy to power 518,000 homes for a year .

California residents, businesses and factories pay around two to three times as much for power as the national average.