"While the Trump administration is busy pointing out that the sun doesn’t shine at night, solar is breaking records around the world, including in sunny California." Solar panels produced 51% of California’s electricity in May, the first time the clean energy source surpassed the halfway mark for an entire month. Amazingly, for once the data included both utility-scale + rooftop distributed solar installations on residences + commercial + industrial locations. "Case in point: Solar outproduced gas not only during its record month of May but throughout every month in 2026 leading up to it, too." "It needed batteries to get here—and California has that crucial energy storage in spades."