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Sierra Club
Solar Supply Chain Issues Dog PNM Coal Plant Replacement Plan
PNM exhausted every alternative before postponing the retirement of the coal-fired San Juan plant until the end of this summer, a utility executive said.
NOAA
Summer Forecasts Spark Warnings of ‘Reliability Crisis’ at FERC
FERC commissioners expressed alarm over forecasts of potential supply shortfalls this summer in the West, ERCOT, MISO and SPP.
LG&E
PPL Earnings up as Rates Set to Rise
PPL reported a positive first quarter during its earnings call after announcing earlier that it was raising its electricity rates in Pennsylvania by 38%.
NiSource
NiSource Defers Coal Retirement, Blames Probe into Solar Panel Imports
NiSource will postpone retirement of an Indiana coal plant because of the Commerce Dept.'s probe into tariff evasion by Chinese importers of solar components.
PSEG
Emissions in PJM Rebound from Pandemic Lows
Emission levels in PJM increased last year after the historic lows of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report released by the RTO.
Newkirk Electric Associates
Consumers to End Coal by 2025 in IRP Deal with Mich. AG
Consumers Energy, which got more than a third of its power from coal in 2021, will stop coal-fired generation in 2025 under a revised integrated resource plan.
Consumers Energy
Consumers Threatens to Hold off Closing Mich. Coal Plants
Consumers Energy has warned it may drop its plan to close its coal-fired plants by 2025 unless the Michigan PSC ensures it can replace them with gas.
Google Maps
BPU Approves Agreement to End the Use of Coal Plants in New Jersey
The last two coal-fired electricity generation units in New Jersey will close under an agreement approved by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.
J-Power
PJM PC/TEAC Briefs: March 8, 2022
PJM stakeholders endorsed an update to the generation deactivation process as some members asked the RTO to slightly modify the proposed timing language.
Monitoring Analytics
PJM Monitor: Prices, Coal Power Bounced Back in 2021
PJM energy prices last year surged to their highest levels since 2014, more than making up for declines from the pandemic-driven economic downturn in 2020.

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