«PJM's proposed solution is to increase capacity prices in zones that PJM determines would have less access to fuel during stressful events,» she said. (energynews.us)
Not only would ratepayers in the subsidized plant's state pay more to cover its costs and profits, but everyone in PJM's 13 - state region would pay an inflated capacity price for all the resources that cleared the auction. (energynews.us)
Despite states» growing interest in maintaining existing nuclear plants and the potential to use ZECs as a policy tool to reduce carbon, opponents highlight the potential illegality of ZECs and ability for nuclear subsidies to distort wholesale energy markets by suppressing capacity prices. (kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu)