gas-fired power

California Regulators All In on Green Power, Pushing Out Natural Gas

California Regulators All In on Green Power, Pushing Out Natural Gas

Pushing out more natural gas-fired electric generation, California regulators last Thursday ordered 11,500 MW of carbon-free power to replace upcoming retirements of several old gas-fired generators and the state’s last nuclear plant. Calling its action historic, the five-member California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) called for the added renewables, batteries and efficiency measures to come online…

June 30, 2021
PJM Natural Gas-Fired Capacity to Rise Based on Latest Auction Results

PJM Natural Gas-Fired Capacity to Rise Based on Latest Auction Results

A significant increase in new combined-cycle natural gas plants is expected to add 3,414 MW of capacity to PJM Interconnection’s power supply resources beginning in June 2022 through May 2023, according to the results of its latest auction. This year’s auction produced 144,477 MW of total resources for the 2022/2023 period. Headquartered in Valley Forge,…

June 5, 2021