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California grid sets record, with 6. Photo: Michael Macor, The Chronicle. Wind turbines dot the hills outside of Rio Vista, Ca.

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April 1. 9, 2. 01. Wind turbines dot the hills outside of Rio Vista, Ca. April 1. 9, 2. 01. Energy generated from hydroelectric plants is expected to rise dramatically after a season of heavy rain and a deep snowpack. California is in the midst of a record- setting year for renewable energy production. California is in the midst of a record- setting year for renewable energy .. Early Saturday afternoon, renewable sources produced a record 6.

California Independent System Operator. That figure does not include large hydropower facilities, which added another 1. Based in Folsom, the ISO runs 8. More than half of the renewable energy flowing across the grid at that moment on Saturday came from large solar facilities and wind farms. The ISO’s numbers do not even account for electricity from rooftop solar arrays. Overall, renewables accounted for 4.

California grid’s power on Saturday, not counting the large hydropower plants.“The fact that the grid can handle 6. Sachu Constantine, the director of policy at the Center for Sustainable Energy, a nonprofit clean energy advisory firm in Berkeley. Sustaining such high levels, however, will be challenging, he said. California law requires utilities to get 3. Last year, California's three large electric utilities collectively got 3.

For a span of three hours on March 1. Energy Information Administration, the Energy Department’s statistics division. The proportion of power produced from renewables that day peaked at 5. The torrents of rain that fell in the state have filled hydroelectric dams to levels not seen in decades. Up to 2. 1 percent of the state’s total electricity output could come from hydroelectricity this year, according estimates from the California Energy Commission. And on Tuesday, the state set a new record for wind power generation, producing 4,9. A megawatt is a snapshot figure roughly equal to the amount of energy used by 7.

The steady stream of record- breaking days is a positive sign that the grid is adapting well to the influx of renewable energy, according to Greenlee. Given current weather forecasts, it is not out of the question that the state could push past the new record by this weekend, Greenlee said.

Constantine hopes the state’s clean energy milestones will show that California can continue to wean itself off fossil fuels. Still, “there’s a lot of work before we see 6. Dominic Fracassa is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: dfracassa@sfchronicle. Twitter: @dominicfracassa. Energy sources on the California grid, May 1.

Wind 1. 6. 3%Solar 1. Hydro. 19. 2%Otherrenewables 6. Nuclear 5. 1%Natural gas 1. Imports 2. 5. 1%.