INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
As President Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders Tuesday aimed at keeping coal power alive in the United States, he repeatedly
Brandon Shores plant, will be staying open beyond its previously planned June 1 shutdown, under a deal that regional grid operator PJM
brokered earlier this year with the company, state officials, and the Sierra Club.Talen had decided to close the plant two years ago because
it determined that running the plant was uneconomical
But PJM said the plant was necessary to maintain the reliability of the grid
To keep Brandon Shores open while extra transmission is built to bolster the grid, Maryland ratepayers will be forced to pay close to $1
energy has been driving down use of coal across the United States for roughly 20 years
officials have raised concerns over whether the loss of coal plants will make the grid more vulnerable to blackouts
that was scheduled to shut down this year, according to the US Energy Information Administration
IPA is going forward with its plan to switch to natural gas plants that can be made cleaner-operating by using hydrogen fuel
But under a new law, IPA will shut down the coal plants in a state where it can be easily restarted, said IPA spokesman John Ward
The Utah legislature voted last month in favor of a new process in which the state of Utah will look for new customers and possibly a new
operator to keep the coal plant running.
