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The final report on California’s rolling blackouts in August is out and its key findings for what caused the state’s heatwave-driven grid emergency haven’t changed much from initial findings. Simply put, the heat waves that blanketed the U.S. West pushed electricity demand past available supply, and problems with California’s resource adequacy program and market practices for ensuring adequate grid capacity failed to correct the imbalance. The steps the report lays out for state agencies, utilities and energy technology companies to forestall another emergency this coming summer, meanwhile, will face a tight deadline for completion by the summer fire season. And some of the state s plans are already under fire from behind-the-meter energy providers who say their role in helping stop even more blackouts last summer is being undervalued by state policies. ....