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From the Commonwealth Club of California, this is Climate One, changing the conversation about America's energy, economy, and environment.

I'm Greg Dalton.

Roughly a third or a quarter of the electricity that runs California's homes and businesses now comes from renewable sources, solar, wind, and geothermal.

That will rise to one half in the next 15 years,

making California one of the cleanest economies in the country. But clean energy advocates

say Governor Brown and the California legislature could be more ambitious and shoot for 100% clean

electricity. That is technologically possible, they say, and would help fight climate

disruption that is amplifying, amplifying, but not causing severe droughts, floods, and fires

around the state and country. Over the next hour, we will explore California's Clean Energy

Push with our live audience here in San Francisco. We have three guests on the program who are deeply involved in this debate.

Mark Faron is a member of the California system operator, independent system operator.

That's the agency that runs the electric grid that powers our toys and toasters and just about everything else in our connected lives.

He's a former member of the California Public Utility Commission, and

a disclosure, he's a donor to Climate One. Mark Jacobson is professor of civil and environmental

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