"California has some of the most revolutionary environmental laws in the United States, we get 40% of our power from renewables, and we are 40% more energy efficient than the rest of the country."
California also has the second highest energy costs in the continental United States.
From that chart it appears a large reason for that is they charge Commercial customers the same rates as Residential ones, unlike most states.
Also worth considering is economic activity per unit energy, where California is placed third in efficiency, so it looks like those energy prices are doing fine.
California also has the second highest energy costs in the continental United States.
https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.cf...