{"id":291593,"date":"2023-12-17T10:16:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T09:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=291593"},"modified":"2023-12-17T10:16:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T09:16:53","slug":"correct-hot-air-premature-coal-closures-pose-a-serious-threat-to-grid-stability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=291593","title":{"rendered":"Correct, Hot Air, Premature Coal Closures Pose a Serious Threat to Grid Stability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"482\" data-attachment-id=\"291597\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=291597\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-375.png?fit=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-375.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-375.png?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-375.png?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-375.png?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-375.png?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-375.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/climaterealism.com\/author\/llueken\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Linnea Lueken<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"484\" data-attachment-id=\"291595\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=291595\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-374.png?fit=2560%2C1714&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1714\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-374\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-374.png?fit=723%2C484&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-374.png?resize=723%2C484&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-291595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-374.png?resize=1024%2C686&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-374.png?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-374.png?resize=768%2C514&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-374.png?resize=1536%2C1028&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-374.png?resize=2048%2C1371&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-374.png?resize=1200%2C803&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-374.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-374.png?w=2169&amp;ssl=1 2169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A recent article at Hot Air claims that climate-focused energy policies, including premature closures of coal power plants, threaten the reliability of the U.S. electrical grid. This is true. Multiple utility operators have issued warnings over recent months that shutting down reliable energy sources without suitable backups will result in rolling blackouts and grid instability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The article, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/tree-hugging-sister\/2023\/12\/11\/will-the-sierra-club-apologize-if-the-lights-go-out-in-baltimore-n598252\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Will the Sierra Club Apologize If the Lights Go Out in Baltimore?<\/a>\u201d written by Hot Air contributor Beege Welborn, describes the situation many states are facing, but especially the New England region, as green and net-zero emissions policies are taking their toll on electric power generation in the states. Welborn writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m no math major (although I play one here at HotAir), and even I can see \u2013 without a whiteboard presentation \u2013 that (the numbers of incoming people + conversions to all-electric household\/businesses + some unreliable minimal generation renewable power sources) \u2013 shutting down&nbsp;<em>functioning<\/em>, reliable, megawatt fossil fuel plants \u2260 enough power when you need it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He lists several instances of utilities being forced to apologize for blackouts, including Duke Energy, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/climaterealism.com\/2023\/08\/right-epoch-times-the-epas-new-rules-will-compromise-the-electric-power-grid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PJM<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Sierra Club, a large, well-funded environmental activist group, is apparently directly involved in some of these coal plant shutdowns. Welborn points out that a major Maryland coal plant even entered an agreement with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/2023\/11\/15\/western-maryland-coal-burning-power-plant-to-retire-in-2024-becoming-states-last-to-announce-closing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sierra Club<\/a>&nbsp;to shut down in order to avoid lawsuits from the green group. That particular shutdown is forecast to potentially reduced the grid reliability for more than one million electricity customers, Welborn reports.&nbsp; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Mark Christie warned that the shut down was \u201cpotentially catastrophic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Such warnings are being issued more and more often, and in more urgent language, as&nbsp;<em>Climate Realism<\/em>&nbsp;has reported in previous posts detailing the so-called energy transition,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/climaterealism.com\/2023\/06\/top-u-s-grid-official-says-fossil-fuel-power-plant-closures-could-have-catastrophic-consequences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/climaterealism.com\/2022\/05\/grid-operators-warn-of-potential-outages-in-states-closing-coal-plants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the first linked&nbsp;<em>Climate Realism<\/em>&nbsp;post, the same FERC Commissioner, Christie, described at a House Committee hearing the danger of a too-rapid shutdown of fossil fuel infrastructure, \u201cwe\u2019re heading for potentially very dire consequences,\u201d and that the reason is \u201ca shortfall of power supply[.]\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The intermittent nature of wind and solar make them bad candidates for replacing fossil fuels, a fact confirmed by utility companies and grid operators like PJM Interconnection, which recently released a report explaining that you need multiple megawatts of wind or solar to replace just 1 MW of a fossil energy source, plus battery storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The catch is, the needed battery storage to replace all of the Northeastern United States\u2019 electric power plants with renewables is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/climaterealism.com\/2023\/12\/another-critical-thinker-reaches-the-obvious-conclusion-intermittent-renewables-cant-work-on-their-own\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">physically and economically impossible<\/a>. A recent study (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fenvs.2023.1076830\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fekete, et al.<\/a>) crunched the numbers and determined that three months of electricity storage are needed, at a minimum, to make a renewables-only grid work. Battery technology to hold several months of energy does not exist, but even it if did this project alone would cost trillions. To replicate it throughout the United States would likely cost four times more than the entire Gross National Product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These facts don\u2019t seem to bother activists, however, because additional coal plants are being shut down with regularity, with nothing reliable, and sometimes nothing at all, to replace them. Hot Air is correct to point out these problems with green policy and the looming threat to the electric power grid. 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