FERC's chief of staff said the agency is working to identify plants "critical" to the grid, E&E reports, the first step in a bailout plan detailed in a leaked NSC memo this spring.
Solar bids could fall to $14.70/MWh in less than five years, given a perfect mix of financing and technology, according to a new analysis that also says the rate of price decline is slowing.
The combined-cycle plant is a key part of the state's plan to replace capacity from the retiring Indian Point nuclear plant, which will go offline in 2021.
The plants are "dead weight" on the California system, researchers said, and could easily be replaced by other resources with no impact on reliability.
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