Texas coal plant to shut down by 2020

[DonViejo]

Source: The Houston Chronicle


Rye Druzin, Staff writer Updated 11:28 am CDT, Tuesday, September 25, 2018

A north Texas coal-fired power plant will shut down in 2020 after it couldn't make money in the Texas power market.

The nearly 700 megawatt Oklaunion plant near Vernon couldn't compete in the market run by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas or ERCOT said AEP Texas spokesman Greg Blair.

"The owners voted to close the plant between April and Oct. of 2020. There's a lot more approvals that need to be gotten before that happens, but really the plant was no longer competitive in the ERCOT market," Blair said.

He added that approximately 80 workers would be affected by the closure. AEP and its subsidiaries own a 70 percent stake in the plant, with the City of Brownsville and Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority owning 18 percent and 12 percent,

Read more: https://www.chron.com/business/energy/article/Texas-coal-plant-to-shut-down-by-2020-13255710.php

[ffr]

1. Where's Fox Entertainment and the Faux outrage?

Waiting.

[Norbert]

2. I guess we know mushroom head's next executive order

No decommishioning of coal fired plants even if they are falling apart.

[riversedge]

3. quiet. don't give the mushroom any hints.

[dalton99a]

4. Perhaps Trump could order a rate increase on Texas ratepayers to keep it open

[keithbvadu2]

5. Where is Rick Perry to get subsidies to keep it going?

[Bengus81]

6. But but....Shitler said coal was going to be back and BIG if he was elected!!

Just ask the saps in WV. Anyway...thoughts and prayers!!!