The main reason widespread blackouts did not occur last winter? Coal. Coal was used heavily throughout the polar vortex. During that time, coal provided 92 percent of the increase in energy needed to survive the disaster, West Virginia Joe Manchin said. However, many of the coal plants that provide essential reliability in times of extreme weather will not be around to save the day, if the Environmental Protection Agency has its way with its newly proposed carbon limits on coal-fired electricity generating plants.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 13:30:01 +0000
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