“It does not factor in fuel cost. That's the biggest concern with continuing to expand our over-reliance on gas, is that it leaves ratepayers vulnerable to gas price volatility like we experienced in 2022.”
“It would not only authorize Santee Cooper to join Dominion in the natural gas plant, but it could make building another natural gas plant possible for Duke Energy”
“Gas power plants have proven to be unreliable, particularly in the cold. Solar plus storage, both large-scale and distributed across the grid, would improve the resilience of the system.”
“It would not only authorize Santee Cooper to join Dominion in the natural gas plant, but it could make building another natural gas plant possible for Duke Energy”
“It's the same utility territory, it's the same customers, it's the same revenue stream, it's the same company. So, you've got the same two companies seeking a joint project as was with VC Summer.”
TVA announced plans to retire the Kingston coal-fired plant and replace it with a 1,500-megawatt natural gas plant, along with solar panels and battery storage by 2027. Environmental groups including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy…
“TVA is moving forward with the largest gas build out by 2028 of any utility in the country under an out-of-date IRP [Integrated Resource Plan]. Does the world, let alone the electric sector, look anything like we thought it would in 2019? Telling us that the 2019 IRP is still valid erodes trust. These gas plants will drive TVA's debt toward its debt ceiling, increase customer bills, are unreliable in cold weather and do not meet EPA regulations. Several recent reports show a clear path forward without the need for new gas to meet load growth.”
“We're very disappointed by this decision, because we're not going to solve the growing climate crisis by continuing to build more fossil fuel plants. We continue to be frustrated that TVA doesn't do more to develop more renewable energy to be on par with their reliance on nuclear power.”
“If all of these gas proposals across the Southeast do come to fruition, I think we're going to have a huge confluence of issues between climate and reliability and affordability”
“Duke has already submitted its modeling twice now. I doubt that either North or South Carolina commissions will want to do another round of that at this point. But, this will absolutely come up in the process before the [North Carolina Utilities] commission.”
“What this bill really is, is a lengthy wish list of things that the utilities' own lawyers and the gas industry have wanted. And using the simple story that we have growth, economic growth, and we need more power, they've piled all this other stuff on.”