I don’t mean to be dense, but this auction business is not real clear. Is the power production cost of the nuc plants too expensive to be competitive? That is really the only conclusion I can reach based on the need to close the nuc plants. And then there is the question of base load lost, when and if the three are closed, versus what remains for base load after closure.
I posted the two articles in the same thread to point out that A natural gas powered generator underbid a nuclear powered generator for base load power supply.
Natural Gas powered electrical generation has grown cheaper both because of lower fuel cost and significantly improved efficiencies.
The different power suppliers bid against each other to PJM to supply the power. The cheapest wins. (when meeting other criteria)
PJM received enough bids to meet their base load requirements. This gas powered plant, and others, have added to the power generation capacity.