Tariffs Aren't the Only Way Trump is Needlessly and Recklessly Raising Energy Costs

[jpn]

Coal, gas plants were closing. Then Trump ordered them to keep running​

A 63-year-old coal-fired power plant was scheduled to permanently close its doors in Michigan on June 1. So was an oil- and gas-powered plant that was built in the 1960s in Pennsylvania.​

But at the last minute, the Trump administration ordered both to stay open. The orders came as it pursues a far-reaching plan to boost fossil fuels, including coal, by declaring a national “energy emergency.”​

The costs to keep the plants open, which could total tens of millions of dollars, are expected to fall on consumers.​

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And like everything else these slobs do, they are doing it in an incompetent, reckless, and wasteful manner.

The emergency orders, which came last month, surprised the companies that operate the plants, and they are now scrambling to delay some workers’ retirements and reverse nearly complete plans to shutter their facilities. In Michigan, the plant operator raced to buy enough coal to power operations.​

 

[CaughtInThe]

Free market capitalism

 

[Ishm]

Just as well the GOP govt doesn't believe in interfering in private enterprise isn't it!! That would be communism after all!!

 

[Loulit01]

Worst president ever.

 

[Rogue Valley]

Trump now rules the US by fiat.

 

[RetiredAtLast]

But at the last minute, the Trump administration ordered both to stay open. The orders came as it pursues a far-reaching plan to boost fossil fuels, including coal, by declaring a national “energy emergency.”

"MISO, [is] the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, the regional energy transmission organization that includes Michigan, 14 other U.S. states and the Canadian province of Manitoba."

They said that more energy is being produced than is necessary.

"MISO, however, on Sunday ordered rolling blackouts in New Orleans and surrounding parishes to about 100,000 Louisiana customers in an attempt to reduce load and avoid an even larger blackout and grid instability."

Trump administration orders Consumers Energy to keep Michigan coal-fired power plant open

Consumers Energy's last coal-fired power plant was slated to close May 31. A Trump administration order is blocking that.

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Why would they order blackouts if there is more electricity than needed?

 

[jpn]

"MISO, [is] the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, the regional energy transmission organization that includes Michigan, 14 other U.S. states and the Canadian province of Manitoba."

They said that more energy is being produced than is necessary.

"MISO, however, on Sunday ordered rolling blackouts in New Orleans and surrounding parishes to about 100,000 Louisiana customers in an attempt to reduce load and avoid an even larger blackout and grid instability."

Trump administration orders Consumers Energy to keep Michigan coal-fired power plant open

Consumers Energy's last coal-fired power plant was slated to close May 31. A Trump administration order is blocking that.

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Why would they order blackouts if there is more electricity than needed?

Not that you truly care, but the energy issues in Louisiana appear to have been caused by unexpected issues with two nuclear power plants in the area, not because of a chronic, widespread lack of supply.

That took me about 2 minutes to find.

 

[RetiredAtLast]

Not that you truly care, but the energy issues in Louisiana appear to have been caused by unexpected issues with two nuclear power plants in the area, not because of a chronic, widespread lack of supply.

That took me about 2 minutes to find.

It makes no difference. Should there only be enough power available when all of the system is working correctly, or should there be a contingency for part of the system not working correctly?

That took me about 4 seconds to figure out.

 

[jpn]

It makes no difference. Should there only be enough power available when all of the system is working correctly, or should there be a contingency for part of the system not working correctly?
That took me about 4 seconds to figure out.

I would have taken less time to conclude that you would find an excuse to criticize, no matter how flimsy.

 

[RetiredAtLast]

I would have taken less time to conclude that you would find an excuse to criticize, no matter how flimsy.

Power companies, especially with their state "regulators," are pretty easy to criticize. Locally, the state has approved electricity raises that nearly double the cost while outlawing the use of gas appliances.