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green energy makes for high power prices and less reliability
Published: Saturday, July 22nd, 2023 @ 8:14 am By: John Steed
green energy makes for high power prices and less reliability
 
The Environmental Protection Agency released new carbon emissions standards for power plants that burn coal and natural gas, a move which some energy experts and lawmakers caution will decrease power reliability and artificially increase electricity costs for households.
Published: Friday, May 12th, 2023 @ 11:40 pm By: Daily Wire
The Environmental Protection Agency released new carbon emissions standards for power plants that burn coal and natural gas, a move which some energy experts and lawmakers caution will decrease power reliability and artificially increase electricity costs for households.
 
To meet the law’s requirements of being least-cost while maintaining grid reliability, the Utilities Commission’s initial “Carbon Plan” sees natural gas as a “bridge fuel” until sufficient zero-emissions resources “are available and can replace at scale what gas contributes to the system”
To meet the law’s requirements of being least-cost while maintaining grid reliability, the Utilities Commission’s initial “Carbon Plan” sees natural gas as a “bridge fuel” until sufficient zero-emissions resources “are available and can replace at scale what gas contributes to the system”
 
By law, the Utilities Commission’s Carbon Plan must chart the “reasonable,” “least cost path” to emissions reductions with “least cost planning of generation” that would “maintain and improve upon the reliability of the grid”
By law, the Utilities Commission’s Carbon Plan must chart the “reasonable,” “least cost path” to emissions reductions with “least cost planning of generation” that would “maintain and improve upon the reliability of the grid”
 
In a late September letter to the N.C. Utilities Commission (NCUC), the Wilmington City Council asked that any path forward on reducing carbon also take into account price and grid reliability.
In a late September letter to the N.C. Utilities Commission (NCUC), the Wilmington City Council asked that any path forward on reducing carbon also take into account price and grid reliability.
 
A law passed in 2021 required that the “decarbonization” plan approved by the state Utilities Commission to be reasonable, set forth the least-cost path to compliance, and maintain or improve grid adequacy and reliability
A law passed in 2021 required that the “decarbonization” plan approved by the state Utilities Commission to be reasonable, set forth the least-cost path to compliance, and maintain or improve grid adequacy and reliability
 
Crucially, the law requires that the plan approved by the UC must, with emphasis added:
Crucially, the law requires that the plan approved by the UC must, with emphasis added:
 
unreliability of weather-dependent energy sources threaten gird
Published: Sunday, June 12th, 2022 @ 8:02 am By: John Steed
unreliability of weather-dependent energy sources threaten gird
 
HB 951 sets NC up for the very same problems
Published: Wednesday, January 5th, 2022 @ 7:44 pm By: John Steed
HB 951 sets NC up for the very same problems
 
But they sure looked cool for the news media and Bean Counter / Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara saved a few pennies in production cost.
Published: Thursday, April 7th, 2016 @ 12:57 pm By: Bobby Tony
But they sure looked cool for the news media and Bean Counter / Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara saved a few pennies in production cost.
 

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