Trouble ahead!-----“Required to Ensure Power Grid Resiliency and Reliability”

“We sometimes forget it takes power to make power. 

Billions of investments in wind and solar farms in recent years have created the perception that huge amounts of new electricity have come on line.” -Bernard L. Weinstein

Billions of investments in wind and solar farms in recent years have created the perception that huge amounts of new electricity have come on line. 

• In fact, these additions have been largely offset by the closure of coal, nuclear, and some natural gas generating plants. 
• According to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), about 50 gigawatts of fossil fuel generation have dropped off the power grid over the past decade while more than 1,000 coal plants have been shuttered. 

The substitution of intermittent renewable energy for base-load, 24/7 power has made the nation’s electric grids less resilient, less secure, and less reliable...