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

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As a result, 1,280 people died from cold from unaffordable electrical power, researchers calculate, between 2011 and 2014. [24] Evaluation of a proposal for reliable low-cost grid power with 100 percent wind, water, and solar,” PNAS 114, no. Accessed March 5, 2020. [26] 2015, 112 (49) 15060-15065; DOI:10.1073/pnas.1510028112.