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kristopher

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9. Except that there is no path for that nuclear plant to shut down ANY coal plants.
Thu Apr 19, 2012, 08:19 PM
Apr 2012

The owners plan to keep increasing coal consumption, not decreasing it. Meanwhile, the nuclear plant will ensure that renewables, which do have a clear economic path for shutting down fossil fuel plants, will now not be able to deploy in the area because the nuclear plant will soak up all of the potential market for renewables by mandated purchase rather than by competition.

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