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BigE1263 t1_it8ohqs wrote

Not sayin g I’m against this but we shouldn’t have removed our coal plants ahead of planning wind farms. We are gonna have major blackouts this year I fear.

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Proof-Variation7005 t1_it8vh0e wrote

What coal plants did we remove specifically? Fossil fuel companies have used the "blackout" threat/fear every year.

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BigE1263 t1_it9bq4m wrote

Brayton point, the brags bridge coal plant. Pretty much the larger ones

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Proof-Variation7005 t1_it9el7r wrote

I'd probably counter by pointing out Brayton point was not in Rhode Island was closed by the private company that owned it because it was like 60 years old and not cost effective.

That isn't some regulatory overreach or a miscalculation of the energy market. It's just shit being old and capitalism. Coal plants aren't exactly meant to last forever and that shit was into its 7th decade of operation.

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Nomadhero_ t1_it9was1 wrote

Rhode Island's energy usage comes from natural gas...

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