Perry orders grid plan to boost coal, nuclear Energy Secretary Rick Perry is taking steps to make sure that struggling coal and nuclear power plants don’t close prematurely, in the Trump administration’s latest effort to bolster energy jobs. Perry issued a memo late Friday directing his chief of staff to begin a 60-day review of … Continue reading Perry orders grid plan to boost coal, nuclear
Wanted: shuttered coal plants to turn into giant batteries In the last two years, 135 coal power plants in the US have shut down. Dozens more are due to be decommissioned. To Curtis VanWalleghem, CEO of the Canadian company Hydrostor, that sounds like a lot of batteries. Abandoned coal plants give Hydrostor cheap access to … Continue reading Wanted: shuttered coal plants to turn into giant batteries
New gas build, coal retirements could make PJM next market with distressed power prices A flood of new, efficient gas-fired plants is going to put downward pressure on PJM power prices, pushing more coal plants to the brink The PJM Interconnection could be the next wholesale power market to see distressed power prices, leading to … Continue reading New gas build, coal retirements could make PJM next market with distressed power prices
Utilities Are Bullish on Solar, Down on Coal Despite Clean Power Plan Rollback President Trump made good on a campaign promise yesterday to start rolling back President Obama’s climate change policies and take steps to reboot the coal industry. The “Energy Independence” executive order is part of “putting an end to a war on coal,” … Continue reading #Utilities Are Bullish on Solar, Down on Coal Despite Clean Power Plan Rollback
Coal Is on the Way Out at Electric Utilities, No Matter What Trump Says WASHINGTON — In Page, Ariz., the operators of the Navajo Generating Station, the largest coal-fired power plant in the West, have announced plans to close it by 2019. The electric utility Dayton Power & Light will shut two coal plants in … Continue reading Coal Is on the Way Out at #Electric_Utilities, No Matter What Trump Says
Tucson Electric Power Plans More Renewables, Less Coal Tucson Electric Power (TEP), which provides electric service to nearly 420,000 customers in southern Arizona, has announced plans to expand the utility’s renewable energy portfolio and reduce its reliance on coal-fired generating resources. TEP says its long-term strategy to build a more responsive, sustainable resource portfolio is … Continue reading #Tucson_Electric_Power Plans More Renewables, Less Coal
As coal and nuclear plants shutter, PJM eyes energy grid’s future The Pennsylvania-based manager of a 13-state electrical grid that serves some 65 million people has released a new report examining the changing nature of electricity production in the U.S. — namely declines in coal input and increases in natural gas and renewables — and … Continue reading As coal and nuclear plants shutter, PJM eyes energy grid’s future
Coal Is Losing Appalachian Stronghold as Trump Fights Back atural gas already won the battle with coal on America’s Atlantic coast. Now it’s about to move west and take Ohio — and President Donald Trump’s new rollback of environmental regulations won’t stop the rout. At least six gas-fired plants are planned in the Ohio River … Continue reading Coal Is Losing Appalachian Stronghold as Trump Fights Back
JEA Coal Plant Closure Part Of National Trend JEA recently announced it will close a coal-fired power plant on Jacksonville’s Northside, which came online in the late 1980s. With the complex’s closure, about 200 people will lose their jobs. The plant’s closure after nearly 30 years of service is not surprising in today’s energy climate. … Continue reading #JEA Coal Plant Closure Part Of National Trend
PNM: Closing coal-fired San Juan plant makes sense ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A preliminary analysis by Public Service Co. of New Mexico shows that closing the entire coal-fired San Juan Generating Station near Farmington after 2022 could provide long-term benefits to customers, the company announced on Thursday. The utility already plans to shut two of the … Continue reading #PNM: Closing coal – fired #San_Juan=plant makes sense
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