«The only way this will be possible,» he said, «will be by upgrading almost all combustion units, and the ultimate cost of the upgrades will make
coal noncompetitive with much - less - expensive natural gas — fired facilities.»
Not exact matches
My understanding of the CPP is that it really doesn't do much than what's going to happen anyway — specifically as to
coal units (e.g.,
noncompetitive to NG, EPA environmental air regs).
Basically, grid operators would have to prove why they shouldn't keep
noncompetitive coal and nuclear plants online.
Those higher prices could keep
noncompetitive coal and nuclear plants in the market longer than they would otherwise stay, said attorney Jennifer Chen at the Natural Resources Defense Council.