Climate scientist Judith Curry explained to Congress yesterday the folly of Xcel’s move away from coal:
Read Curry’s testimony in which she also explains the folly of climate hysteria.
Curry to Congress: Xcel planned poorly for the polar vortex
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Coal-exiting Xcel tells customers to chill (literally) during deep-freeze
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All Xcel coal plants cheaper than its gas plants in Colorado
Each of Xcel’s 10 Colorado coal plants generates less expensive electricity than any of its six Colorado gas plants. Despite the glut of natural gas, fuel costs are generally lower at the coal plants. You can ignore the green line supposedly showing that wind is cheaper than all since subsidized and unreliable wind needs to be backed up by the coal and gas plants. Amazingly, Xcel has announced it plans to shutter its coal plants! The chart below is from an article written by Ron Lehr, former chairman of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission.
BURN MORE COAL to Xcel Energy: Not so fast on exiting coal
Xcel Energy CEO Ben Fowke recently announced with great fanfare that his utility would be zeroing-out CO2 emissions by 2050. We ask Fowke whether this is really the type of announcement the CEO of a publicly-owned company should really be making.
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