In 2023, the share of electricity generated by natural gas powerplants surged to another record: 42.7% of total power generated (blue in the chart below). Coal dropped to another record low
PJM forced nearly 17 gigawatts of reliable baseload power generation offline during the Biden years. Capacity costs for PJM have increased by over seven-fold over just three annual
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The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) publishes monthly data on operating, planned, and retired electricity generating capacity in the United States.
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Our country faces the challenge of developing an energy portfolio that addresses these concerns while still providing sufficient, affordable energy reserves for the nation. This collection analyzes the
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The American Public Power Association''s annual report on current and imminent electricity generation capacity in the United States breaks down the nearly 1.3 terawatts of utility-scale capacity by fuel,
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