The Bush administration is considering plans that would ease environmental restrictions on upgraded existing coal-fired power plants and potentially force the delay or cancellation of a significant amount of new gas-fired power generation. Some industry observers estimate the potential impact at about 40,000 MW of generation capacity or roughly about 8 Bcf/d of gas demand.
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Hebert Assails FERC’s Grid Reliability Initiatives
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission yesterday announcedfive “practical steps” that it will take this summer to “alleviatereliability stresses” on the electric transmission grid duringperiods of heightened demand. Commissioner Curt Hebert Jr.,however, questioned not only the effectiveness of the measures, butalso FERC’s motive for proposing them.
May 18, 2000