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Nuclear Plant Closures And Renewables Increase Electricity Prices & Unreliability, Testifies Michael Shellenberger to U.S. Senate

Environmental Progress

The answer is that there was a lot more generating capacity in 2006 than in 2020. It was mostly replaced by electricity from natural gas, which raised the costs of generating electricity by $350 million. [13] 13] California regulators in 2020 over-estimated the contribution they could reasonably expect from renewables.