Alex Epstein

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Alex Epstein @AlexEpstein

We know that the electricity crisis Texas experienced in Feb. 2021 would have been much more widespread had it not been for our fleet of reliable, resilient coal plants. As OK Gov Kevin Stitt explained: “Renewable sources…dropped to almost zero…coal was really bailing us out.” — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 7, 2022

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Coal plants today provide 215 GW of reliable capacity—down >100 GW from just 10 yrs ago due to shutdowns. When plants were at retirement age and replaced more cheaply by gas plants, this made sense. But most coal was retired early, at great cost—and not sufficiently replaced. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 7, 2022

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The EPA has been the major driving force of cost-adding, reliability-reducing coal shutdowns so far. And it’s the driving reason why between 93-185 GW are expected to retire by 2030–a terrifying 9-18% of our already meager reliable capacity. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 7, 2022