Energy policy should focus on outcomes: affordability, reliability and security. That requires reducing barriers to investment across all viable baseload sources, including coal, natural gas and nuclear.
Winter Storm Fern was a warning. When temperatures plunged into the single digits and heavy snow blanketed much of the country, the electric grid faced a serious stress test.
For years, I have cautioned that rising electricity demand and the premature retirement of dependable power plants were putting the U.S. on a collision course with reliability problems and higher utility bills. During Fern, those concerns came into focus.
Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.
Starving Coal of Capital Puts the Power Grid at Risk
Wayne H Winegarden
Energy policy should focus on outcomes: affordability, reliability and security. That requires reducing barriers to investment across all viable baseload sources, including coal, natural gas and nuclear.
Winter Storm Fern was a warning. When temperatures plunged into the single digits and heavy snow blanketed much of the country, the electric grid faced a serious stress test.
For years, I have cautioned that rising electricity demand and the premature retirement of dependable power plants were putting the U.S. on a collision course with reliability problems and higher utility bills. During Fern, those concerns came into focus.
Read the entire op-ed here.
Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.