Report: EPA to rescind Obama-era carbon rules for new coal plants; Policymaker of the Year: Kevin McIntyre, FERC; PacifiCorp shows 60% of its coal units are uneconomic; Grid operators file plans with FERC on integrating storage into wholesale markets
The pledge makes the Minnesota-based firm the first multi-state utility to commit to a complete phaseout of the planet-warming gas, according to company officials.
Coal operators said that EPA's New Source Performance Standards made it too costly to invest in new plants, but rolling them back is not likely to change the economic outlook for the sector.
The Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary conducted the analysis as part of its 2019 integrated resource plan, finding that more considerations need further study "before future resource decisions are made."
There is wide variance in grid operators' responses to FERC's Order 841, such as different proposals on how to manage the charge/discharge state of a battery storage system.
ERCOT says planning reserve margins for the 2019 summer could be the tightest ever, in part due to canceled generation projects and growing demand from oil and gas operations.
Demand from the cannabis sector could grow from 15 TWh to 65 TWh and become as much as 1.5% of total U.S. electricity demand by 2030, behind EVs at 1.7% and data centers at 3.2%, the firm forecasts.
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