“Opponents of Columbia Gas’ expansion plans celebrated the state’s decision yesterday, hopeful that it represents a permanent turn away from natural gas.”
Fuel switching
Warren Buffet’s Tax Farming in Nevada
Warren Buffet rushes to harvest federal solar subsidies before they start phasing out in 2020. Nevada ratepayers will be left holding the bag with expensive solar and battery storage junk technology.
‘Yellow Vest’ movement slows EU rush to wind/solar
Regulated electricity prices force utilities to provide low-cost (vs. high-cost, politically correct) electricity.
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Army to replace coal with gas at ammunition plant
Department of Homeland Security: Gas-to-coal switching puts grid at greater security risk
It’s more secure for utilities to have big piles of coal onsite than to rely on a network of pipelines delivering natural gas at 22 miles per hour.
Crazy: Planned coal plant shutdowns leave capacity shortfalls
So ridiculous: “But while closing coal plants early could save money, it would result in capacity shortfalls. Pacificorp sees addressing that challenge as a next step in the process and industry analysts have a number of ideas on how to do so, such as securitization.” And of course, closing coal plants doesn’t save money. Existing coal is always cheaper than any other new generation.
Spurned by voters on the CO2 tax, Washington Governor aims to kill coal via legislature by 2025
“Inslee said the largest driver behind these policies is necessity, citing a recent joint study released by Stanford University and the University of Washington that found Earth’s largest extinction came from global warming and oxygen loss 250 million years ago.” That’s how crazy anti-coal advocates are. This legislative package will require an awful lot of lying for passage.
Poland cuts reliance on Russian gas, imports more coal from US, Russia
NO… new wind is never cheaper than old coal
Wind (with needed back-up) costs about $107/MWh vs. existing coal at $39.90/MWh, according to the Department of Energy’s 2018 National Coal Council report, “Power Reset.”
