Posted on 10/15/2014 2:02:37 PM PDT by ThethoughtsofGreg
One of the chief concerns about the EPA’s recently proposed Clean Power Plan is the effect that the regulation would have on electric grid reliability.
We’ve written before about the roughly 50 gigawatts of installed baseload capacity that the EPA itself acknowledges will be retired by 2020 directly as a result of the proposed rule, as well as the 70 gigawatts slated for retirement as a result of other EPA regulations. Stakeholders and policymakers can see for themselves which generating stations in their state the EPA includes in their estimates by using the interactive map on our website. Altogether, these 120 gigawatts of installed capacity can generate enough electricity to power 120 million homes.
During the polar vortex this past winter, American Electric Power (AEP), one of the largest investor owned utilities in the U.S. with significant service areas in the Midwest, was running approximately 89 percent of their coal-fired generation that is slated for retirement. Once these retirements take place in 2015, it could become extremely difficult for AEP and other utilities to be able to provide their customers with ample supplies of electricity during peak demand coming as a result of extreme weather events.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanlegislator.org ...
If you haven’t already, time to buy a generator.
CC
“Polar Vortex” is the new term for “winter”, right?
Poor and minorities hardest hit.
They only realized this NOW?
It used to be called an “Alberta Clipper”, and happened several times each winter before the warming alarmists had to come up with some excuse for cold winters when the CO2 is still rising.
Liberals never think out the consequences of their actions. The residual culture of “If it feels good, do it”.
[ “Polar Vortex” is the new term for “winter”, right? ]
“It’s the Conservative’s and/or Business’s Fault” is now the new name for the COLD/HOT seasons fromerly known as Winter/Summer....
The Farmer’s Almanac has predicted the weather with better accuracy than the fools that use gore-bull warning models...
That is because the Farmers Almanac uses the SOLAR Calendar’s 11 year cycle as one of it’s basis...
Farmer’s Almanac has said this year will be COLD COLD>..
The solution to these reliability problems is actually fairly simple. If employed, an “all of the above” energy strategy will lead to an abundance of affordable, safe and reliable electricity with enough versatility to withstand extreme weather events. Unfortunately, the EPA’s so-called Clean Power Plan drive’s the nation’s electric generation mix in the other direction.
Possible prepper ping
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