The 2007 agreement had required AEP to install flue gas desulfurization (FGD) technology at the plant — a more expensive technology that results in greater pollution reductions — but Sierra Club and the other parties agreed to the DSI technology in return for an earlier installation date,
the other coal plant retirements, and clean energy investments.
Not exact matches
In a Friday memo, Perry asked his chief of staff to undertake a 60 day inquiry into «the extent to which continued regulatory burdens, as well as mandates and tax and subsidy policies, are responsible for forcing the premature
retirement of baseload power
plants,» such as those fueled by
coal or nuclear energy, among
other grid related questions.
While many
other estimates exist for the number of
coal plants at risk of
retirement as they become financially unviable or reach the end of their expected lifespan, the majority fail to account for many of the costs of environmental compliance and for a long - term carbon emission price.