Posted on 08/02/2023 6:42:52 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Regional electricity providers tasked with keeping America’s lights on warned Tuesday that the Biden administration must delay the retirement of fossil fuel power plants to give renewables time to catch up — or else risk major energy shortfalls.
They said grid reliability would be jeopardized by quickly transitioning electricity use from coal and natural gas to green alternatives such as wind and solar.
The transmission groups, which collectively deliver power from energy sources to tens of millions of homes in dozens of states, told reporters that extreme heat conditions this summer underscore the need to slow the closures of power plants, particularly those using coal.
“I’m not saying now’s the time to double down [on fossil fuels]; I’m just saying now’s the time to slow down on the removal of [those] assets from our footprint,” said Lanny Nickell, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Southwest Power Pool, a regional transmission organization serving 14 states across the central U.S. from South Dakota to Louisiana.
Two other major regional electricity suppliers, PJM Interconnection and Tri-State Generation and Transmission, offered similar warnings.
“I would stress the need for a balanced portfolio. You do need wind, you do need solar, but you do need something to back it up,” said Tri-State Chief Operating Officer Barry Ingold. “You need something dispatchable. As we’re taking coal plants offline, our challenge is going to be … can you build a gas plant that bridges that gap?”
Tri-State provides electricity to 42 utilities across the rural West that serve 1 million consumers in Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico and Wyoming.
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More concerned about whether Republicans are willing to fight this out.
Republicans fight? Bwahahahahahaha!
Even if he got approval, zero would be built before his term ended.
I don’t hold onto hope for our country.
Demographics is destiny.
Even here, more are paying attention to trannies, Tay Tay, sports, and Ukraine than are to energy and economics.
It’s insane.
Please don’t kill us, King Joe.
We promise to obey your every whim.
Please have mercy, King.
:-(
> When these idiots discover they made a mistake in shutting down these gas plants… <
No worries. They’ll just spin it this way: “The Earth is boiling. We all must make sacrifices to save our precious planet.”
The mainstream media will applaud. The so-called climate scientists will applaud. The GOPe will do nothing, as usual. And average folks will slowly get used to rolling blackouts.
They all seem to want to utter Chernobyl and Fukashima while knowing little to nothing about what happened.
Correct. Unfortunately fear and ignorance are common amongst the population.
The goal is population reduction and imposing misery on the populace via energy shortages and out of control energy costs when the grid is working.
But I've read not even natural gas fueled plants are able to scale up and down cheaply. Is that right? If so then there's no reason to put solar onto the grid IMHO, even though I'm a proponent for decentralized solar (unsubsidized).
Netflix has a pretty good new piece on Fukashima, which I would recommend (I binge watched it last week). Title: The Days.
My only odd feeling was at the end....virtually all of the politicians seemed ultra-incompetent. All in Japanese, English sub-titles.
Republicans fight? Bwahahahahahaha!⅗
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When their electricity goes off, maybe they’ll get off their couches. If not, it’s gonna be, as you are famous for saying, Bwahahahahahaha!
“You do need wind, you do need solar, but ...”
No one needs that crappola.
I’ll check it out. Thanks for the suggestion.
It’s my understanding that realistically altering the feeds from numerous sources on a daily basis is highly unrealistic and likely cost inefficient.
I was told by a previous nuke worker that protocols and schedules were far out and rigorous. No way to scale on a near frequent occurrence.
Distribution work is the most lenient and flexible. It’s still a cluster.
My time in the USAF seemed quite a bit more efficient…
The biggest coal plant I’ve seen in in Colorado.
Since they don’t have solar or anything else, CO would be in big trouble.
The idiots in this country are really going to prove their ignorance when they elect the worst president and vice president to a second term.
The goal is to shut down America one piece of legislation at a time.
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