They are hell bent on eliminating fossil based fuels, particularly coal, no matter what economic and social cost there is by so doing.
The EPA is more concerned with what sounds good than what actually works.
By Marita Noon ~
In this hyper-partisan environment, it is good to know that a majority of Senators can still agree on an issue. When such a rare moment happens, the rest of us should pay attention, as it is probably something very important.
On September 11, 53 Senators (43 Republicans and 10 Democrats) signed a letter to Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), begging for a 60-day extension of the comment period for the “Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Generating Units”—also known as the Clean Power Plan (CPP). The original 120-day comment period—which is already longer than the traditional 60-day comment period—is coming to a close within the next 30 days (October 16).
Regarding the EPA’s new plan, the letter calls the coordination needed between…
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The Northeast transmission system is basically controlled by an independent system operator called the PJM ISO. Last year, I heard they said the system came within 1 power plant of a blackout. In other words, if one plant had suddenly shut down, the whole system would have gone dark. I believe there is a good chance it could happen this winter, if we have another really cold January. Gut feeling only on my part. Hope I’m wrong.
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