Sentences with phrase «coal stockpiles froze»

The DOE proposal suggests that now - retired coal plants were crucial to the grid's operation during the polar vortex, a false accounting which elides the fact that coal stockpiles froze during the vortex, and wind energy, efficiency and demand response were instrumental to keeping the lights on then, as noted by the Natural Resources Defense Council.

The DOE proposal suggests that now - retired coal plants were crucial to the grid's operation during the polar vortex, a false accounting which elides the fact that coal stockpiles froze during the vortex, and wind energy, efficiency and demand response were instrumental to keeping the lights on then, as