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PJM Interconnection Formally Files Changes To Electric Capacity Market Rules With FERC Based Largely On Unreliability Of Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants During Winter Storm Elliot

PA Environment Daily

One of the most significant changes is "enhance resource accreditation" that would more accurately assess the reliability value of natural gas-fired power plants which accounted for 70% of the power plant outages in PJM during Winter Storm Elliot.

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Pennsylvania’s Electric Grid Is Dependent On One Fuel To Generate 59% Of Our Electricity; Market Moving To Renewables + Storage

PA Environment Daily

On March 7, the Independent Fiscal Office issued its latest Pennsylvania Electricity update that reports the electricity grid is dependent on one fuel for 59% of the state’s electricity generation-- natural gas-- followed by nuclear power-- 31.9%, coal-- 5.4% Energy Information Administration. from other sources.

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PUC Vice Chairman: During Winter Storm Elliot We Learned Natural Gas Can Be An Intermittent Generator Of Electricity Just Like Renewables

PA Environment Daily

Our country continues to experience an increase in significant weather events- the 2014 Polar Vortex, successive hurricanes, fires, and Winter Storm Uri in 2021, which brought down Texas' grid,” said Chairman Dutrieuille. Natural Gas Is An Intermittent Generator Rep. The issues were actually at the wellhead. “It

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Germany’s early nuclear shutdown came with a heavy carbon price?

A Greener Life

The Grohnde plant is one of the German nuclear power plants which is due to shut down at the end of 2021. A recent report has shed light on the scale of the climate cost of Germany decommissioning its nuclear power plants. Around 75% comes from fossil fuels: burning coal, natural gas and oil.

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September Is Here. That Means Another Nail-Biter for California’s Grid.

Union of Concerned Scientists

It issued five Flex Alerts in 2020, eight in 2021, but there’s only been one so far this year. This summer, Newsom managed to get a sweeping energy budget bill passed that gives a state agency the authority to buy electricity from existing fossil fuel power plants and build new emergency or temporary power plants as well.

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Ask a Scientist: Two Dozen States Can Meet 100 Percent of Electricity Demand with Renewables by 2035

Union of Concerned Scientists

We also evaluated the potential to accelerate the use of renewable energy dramatically through state-level renewable electricity standards, which have been major drivers of clean energy in recent decades. What job opportunities would this clean energy transition create? In the no-new-policy scenario, it drops to 3.3

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September 5 PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Environment Daily

29; No Information Yet On Whether Oil & Gas Development Health Risks Will Be Included Health Department Distributing Free Potassium Iodide Tablets To Pennsylvanians Near State’s Four Active Nuclear Power Plants Sept. Decline In Energy Use; $4.6 Million In Energy Savings; 14.6%