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Well, it's not surprising.. To have a reliable grid there needs to be some backup the few days solar/wind fails. Grid stability and black starts are no joke.


Not applicable, "their owners and state regulators have determined they are no longer economic or needed"


And DOE disagrees.


So where is the data? They should show their work on this one. Except they probably haven't done any, and it's strictly political.


That’s the neat part, you can just ignore them. Any consequences for continuing to shutdown and decommission these generators would be cheaper than what ratepayers would be paying to continue to run them. “You can just do things.” By the time any legal actions are resolved, it’ll be years from now after this admin is over.

You cannot be forced to turn coal generators back on that cannot be turned back on, or no longer exist.




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