Environmental regulatory requirements may have been the straw that broke a baseload's camel's back — particularly for coal plants — but it appears that most baseload plants were already burdened by the effects of low natural gas prices, eroding customer demand, and
lower capacity factors before the incremental burden of new regulations tipped the balance over to retirement.»
Spousal support is typically paid by the higher - income earning spouse to the
lower - income earning spouse and will depend on various
factors set out in section 33 (9) of the Family Law Act, i.e. the parties» respective assets and means; the assets and means that the parties are likely to have in the future; the length of time the parties cohabited (including any time that the parties lived together
before they married); the effect on the spouse's earning
capacity of the responsibilities assumed during cohabitation, etc..