peaker plants, Tag

Environmental non-governmental organizations have latched onto peaking power plants as an example of power company greed and disregard for neighboring communities.  For example, the PEAK coalition has stated that “Fossil...

A similar fire there would require at least a shelter in place order and possibly an evacuation order for nearly a million people to say nothing about shutting down highways and the East River...

The bigger picture problem is the potential threat that political and activist pressure will force premature retirement of peaking power plants with a marked increase in potential reliability risks. 

Nobody in New York has anything close to a solution for this issue other than natural gas power plants. More wind turbines and/or grid battery storage are never going to work.

From the Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York Roger Caiazza In the last couple of years environmental advocates have vilified peaking power plants in their endless quest for zero risk to…