Interesting article from John. This will have implications for the Pleasants transfer.
Comments from Cathy Kunkel at last week's event in Morgantown. Although FE is projecting a "Capacity shortfall", PJM apparently does not. It would be helpful to understand the source of that, but I did not get a chance to talk to Cathy about the technical details.
Second comment, at a recent talk to the Morgantown Rotary Club, one audience member (with strong gas industry connections) insisted that more gas pipelines and power plants were needed to maintain grid reliability because renewables were "intermittent" and could not be relied upon without keeping a series of backup gas plants running. I replied that (based on EPA's Clean Power Plan analysis last year) America already has enough gas plants, and that additional investments in infrastructure were not needed. But we will likely need better sources than that to back up our assertions.
Any advice?
Jim Kotcon
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Jim
Some information on the PJM study.
John
https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/mid-atlantic-grid-can-stay-reli...
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Mid-Atlantic Grid Can Lose Coal and Nuclear, and Remain Reliable With Natural Gas and Renewableshttps://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/mid-atlantic-grid-can-stay-reliable-with-natural-gas-and-renewables?utm_source=Daily&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=GTMDaily www.greentechmedia.com PJM’s study does set boundaries for wind and solar penetration, but maintains that a mix of resources can keep the future grid stable.