Tag: firm capacity

Natural Gas Part of Solution To Policy-Driven Retirements That Are Threatening Firm Capacity In PJM’s Market

Mandated retirements of thermal generation and a backlogged review process for new entries on the grid is hurting PJM Interconnection’s ability to meet growing demand through 2030 and threatening reliability in the nation’s largest interconnected market, according to a recently published PJM report. The solution: more natural gas and renewables. Natural Gas To Support Renewables

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Report: New England’s Zero Emissions Target Requires Natural Gas

Natural gas will be needed to provide reliable energy supply in New England despite the region’s strong decarbonization efforts, according to a new report by Energy and Environmental Economics (E3) and the Energy Futures Initiative (EFI), led by Ernest Moniz, former energy secretary under the Obama administration. The report provides an unbiased perspective on the

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