At the same time that the powers-that-be are pushing for electric vehicles that are charged by being plugged into our state electricity grid, those same officials are pushing to eliminate our baseline power generation for that grid, both nuclear and coal, and replace it with far less reliable and more expensive "renewables".
The Detroit Free Press: DTE Energy to move up retirement of its coal-fired Monroe Power Plant by 3 years
Detroit-based DTE Energy Co. announced a clean energy plan Wednesday that includes moving up the retirement of its coal-fired Monroe Power Plant . . .
he Monroe Plant, along with the Belle River Power Plant in St. Clair County, are DTE's last remaining coal-fired plants. The two produce 40% of the overall power the utility provides to its 2.3 million electric customers in southeast Michigan.
DTE also has said it plans to stop burning coal at its Belle River Power Plant, making the Monroe Plant its last remaining coal-fired power plant.
So, DTE will eliminate its reliable baseline that is producing 40% of its power nice and consistently and replace it with solar and wind.
Consumers Energy is apparently going to follow suit, and generate 90% of its power load form renewables.
We're already seeing an increase in electric prices this year from 3-7 pm with a new "time of use" rate to deal with peak demand and because they already can't generate enough electricity to meet the demand.
Just wait until electric cars start being adopted heavily, whether by government fiat or not, and are plugged into the grid, and the demand go even higher -- just in time for the reliable baseload to disappear in the name of progressive greenie nirvana.
1 comment:
Ah, yes! it is all according to the plan!
because, I doubt that anybody is that reliably incompetent, in the same direction, every time.
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