{"id":15620,"date":"2017-06-01T12:50:27","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T16:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?p=15620"},"modified":"2017-06-01T12:58:50","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T16:58:50","slug":"dont-buy-perrys-reliability-ruse-his-fake-study-is-pro-coal-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2017\/06\/01\/dont-buy-perrys-reliability-ruse-his-fake-study-is-pro-coal-propaganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t buy Perry\u2019s reliability ruse. His fake study is pro-coal propaganda."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Energy Secretary Rick Perry\u2019s so-called grid reliability study<\/a> will be nothing more than thinly-veiled propaganda for the coal industry and a tool to justify expensive government handouts to outdated power plants.<\/p>\n

How do we know? The tactic is ripped straight from FirstEnergy\u2019s well-worn subsidy playbook.<\/p>\n

The Ohio-based utility has relentlessly sought a massive, customer-funded bailout to prop up its unprofitable power plants. It repeatedly tried using reliability<\/a> as an excuse for subsidies, while the regional grid operator repeatedly declared<\/a>\u00a0there would be plenty of generation to keep the lights on without FirstEnergy\u2019s old power plants.<\/p>\n

The reliability justification hasn\u2019t worked for FirstEnergy, and it won\u2019t work for the pro-coal Trump administration.\u00a0The reality is, a 21st<\/sup>-century energy system won\u2019t be based on old, lumbering coal plants. Instead, modern energy technology means we can build a cleaner, more flexible, and reliable electric grid.<\/p>\n

Retirements won\u2019t hurt reliability<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since 2014, FirstEnergy has been trying to bail out<\/a> its subsidiary power plants that are struggling to compete in the electricity market. Under the guise of grid reliability, the utility asked the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) to authorize billions of dollars in customer-funded subsidies for its aging, inefficient coal and nuclear plants.<\/p>\n

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Reliability is undoubtedly an important issue. That\u2019s why the responsibility is in the hands of the regional grid operator, in this case PJM Interconnection, which manages electricity across 13 states and consistently examines the region\u2019s power capacity to make sure the lights stay on.<\/p>\n

PJM\u2019s generation mix has changed drastically in the past decade: Since 2005, coal and nuclear have dropped from 91 percent of the region\u2019s electricity to 51 percent. Despite these dramatic changes, PJM\u2019s most recent analysis of reliability and fuel diversity [PDF] \u2013 which includes multiple scenarios with moderate to high coal and nuclear retirements \u2013 shows little to no reliability risk over the coming years. In other words, PJM\u2019s grid can lose more coal and nuclear without affecting reliability.<\/p>\n

FirstEnergy\u2019s reliability claims are a scare tactic. At one point, the PUCO chairman\u00a0even warned<\/a>\u00a0the utility to stop \u201cscaring Ohioans.\u201d<\/p>\n

Outdated power generation<\/strong><\/p>\n

FirstEnergy\u2019s efforts are the result of a larger, national trend away from \u201cbaseload\u201d power. Baseload refers to some power plants \u2013 mainly nuclear reactors and coal-fired power plants \u2013 that have a hard time ramping up and down in response to changing electricity demand, and thus need to operate all the time to provide a \u201cbase\u201d output of power.<\/p>\n

These power plants are being quickly outstripped by sophisticated resources that will lead to a cleaner, more efficient electric grid. Remarkable advances provided by modern\u00a0sensors<\/a>, smart meters, and telecommunications have created dynamic power options that allow the grid to respond more nimbly than ever before. For example,\u00a0demand response<\/a>\u00a0(which credits homes and business for using less electricity when the power grid is stressed), renewable energy, and battery storage are all increasing the grid\u2019s flexibility while maintaining reliability.

Grid operators like PJM extensively have studied electric reliability and are managing the shift to cleaner fuels just fine.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/p>\n

As regulators and executives think of how best to modernize the grid, the focus should be on these tools that encourage diversity and flexibility, while reducing the need for outdated baseload generators.<\/p>\n

\u201cStudy\u201d not about reliability<\/strong><\/p>\n

Between the\u00a0falling cost<\/a>\u00a0of clean energy and new technology constantly being\u00a0unveiled<\/a>, the electricity industry has more power options than ever before. The transition to a clean energy economy will take time, and stodgy utilities like FirstEnergy will fight tooth-and-nail to preserve their baseload gravy trains.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, these utilities now have an ally in the federal government, which appears willing to prop up the polluting coal industry at a cost to Americans\u2019 health and utility bills.<\/p>\n

Step one of the Trump administration\u2019s ruse is producing the 60-day so-called study of whether any policies or regulations have led to the premature retirement of coal or nuclear plants. For proof of the tie between FirstEnergy\u2019s bailout efforts and the so-called study, take a look at the utility\u2019s Q1 earnings call<\/a>, in which the CEO boasted of how the federal study could have a \u201cpotential positive impact\u201d on \u201cthe Ohio initiative\u201d (aka the bailout).<\/p>\n

On the plus side, grid operators like PJM extensively have studied electric reliability and are managing the shift to cleaner fuels just fine. Don\u2019t be fooled by the bogus reliability claims. Despite pro-coal efforts from utilities and federal agencies, America is headed to a cleaner, more efficient, and reliable energy future.<\/p>\n

Photo source: Gage Skidmore<\/a> \/ Flickr<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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