Posted on 06/03/2025 6:06:19 AM PDT by karpov
The U.S. Department of Energy has ordered another power plant, this time an oil and gas plant in Pennsylvania, to keep its turbines running through the hottest summer months as a precaution against electricity shortfalls in the 13-state mid-Atlantic grid.
The department’s order to the grid operator, PJM Interconnection, regarding the Eddystone power plant just south of Philadelphia on the Delaware River, is the department’s second use of federal power under President Donald Trump to require a power plant to keep operating on the mainland United States.
Constellation Energy had planned to shut down Eddystone’s units 3 and 4 on Saturday, but Trump’s Department of Energy ordered the company to continue operating the units until at least Aug. 28. The units can produce a combined 760 megawatts.
The department, in its order, cited PJM’s growing concerns about power shortfalls amid the shutdown of aging power plants and rising electricity demand. PJM has projected significant growth in electricity use to power America’s fast-rising demand for artificial intelligence and cloud computing platforms.
Demand for electricity has spiked for the first time in decades. In addition to artificial intelligence, crypto mining, the broader electrification of society and bipartisan political pressure to bring manufacturing back to the U.S. are fueling new electricity demand.
PJM last year approved Constellation’s request to shut down the units, but it welcomed the department’s order to keep them operating, saying it’s a “prudent, term-limited step” that allows PJM, the department and Constellation to study the longer-term need and viability of Eddystone’s units.
In a statement Monday, Constellation said it is “pleased” to work with the department and PJM and is taking emergency measures to meet the need for power “at this critical time when America must win the AI race.”
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The Associated Press is an aging gas plant.
Is Trump going to reduce the amount of environmental regulations on coal-fired power plants?
I worked the piping repairs Eddystone a few years ago over their Christmas-New Year outage. Very, very high pressure steam - for the highest temperature and pressure possible in that unit to get the maximum efficiency.
It’s insane that any administration would do this... but as we spent 4 years seeing just how insane the democrat party is, by putting a literal potato in the presidency, so sanity has nothing to do with the Democrat or left wing politics at all.
Committing national domestic suicide by NOT ensuring grid reliance is the real insanity. Hooray for President Trump…..thank you!
Wouldn’t be necessary if dims had not shut down all the coal plants and kept others fron being built, future looks dark for kali as well, but hey environmental China is building 1200 coal fired plants🤔
Does this mean that the recently mothballed plants throughout the US are going to be revived?
The people who don’t have to suffer from blackouts will never know Trump deserves thanks.
“ It’s insane that any administration would do this”
Yes. To think the pre isn’t of the USA has to step in and order a plant to keep running! Utilities and system operators used to keep things running well…but they are all captured by the “climate emergency” nonsense and no longer make rationale decisions.
I’m surprised PJM did not rescind their approval of the shutdown. PJM know full well the high risks of major outages in their area. They e been sounding the alarm for years.
@ss Press has another sad, over this.
So, you are approving of this? If so, then I am with you. Just amazed that this is not another post trashing Trump. As far as I know this is a first for you.
The Associated Press is an aging gas plant.
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That’s why they are aptly labeled Ass. Press! 😉😊
It will be interesting to see if California’s situation is dealt with similarly.
AP
ALL PROPAGANDA
I don’t know about mothballed, not when stacks have been brought down and demolition well under way.
It wasn’t insanity. It was their plan. Destroying the country is the objective of the Democrat party.
AP needs to turn off their lights to save the planet.
Yes.
It always amazes me that most EV owners are against making sure the power is dependable.
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