It's a challenge facing grid operators across the country as power generators mothball coal and natural gas-fired plants for various reasons, such as reducing high maintenance and regulatory compliance costs or cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Nearly 40,000 megawatts, or 40 gigawatts, of generating capacity in PJM is forecast to retire by 2030, 90% of which is coal and natural gas.Under its high entry scenario, capacity additions through 2030 would be twice that at 30,000 megawatts, still short of making up for retired capacity. Coal retirements are forecast to make up well over half of all planned generation retirements in 2023 at 8.9 gigawatts, according to the Energy Information Administration.
And we want to, ultimately, go 100 💯 percent electric ⚡️ vehicles! NOT a totally wise goal! HYBRIDS, and, possibly, HYDROGEN, powered vehicles, might be MORE prudent! SYNTHETIC gas ⛽️ could be a GAME CHANGER, too!?!
Go right ahead, buy more Electric Vehicles
More Build Back Better BS the nation needs to deal with.
We should have been preparing our electrical grid years before now for this power change they are pushing on us. Just like our government. Ass backward..