California Climate Change May Threaten Electrical Production

Californians may have to start rationing more than water, including how much they turn on their lights and how often they use their hairdryers.
According to a study published on Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change, by 2050, extended years of drought in the state could lead to an electricity shortage as well as a water shortage.
In the study, Arizona State University authors Matthew Bartos and Mikhail Chester found that almost half of the electrical power stations in the western US should expect to face a decrease in electricity generating capacity by mid-century.
The authors found that over a 10-year drought scenario the energy producing capacity of vulnerable electric power stations would reduce by as much as 8.8%.
The reasons are linked to rising global temperatures which by proxy raise the temperature of water and air; the more heat a power station has to deal with the less energy it can safely produce.