Henry Byrd Bridge
LinkedIn says I am an “active member” and they love my ambition. I haven’t opened the site in two years.π
About Loons in the Adirondacks
Loons are great. Now the Adirondacks need ELK.
Inefficient coal plant scheduling cost ratepayers $3.5B from 2015 to 2017, report says | Utility Dive
Regulated utilities cost ratepayers over $3.5 billion from 2015 to 2017 through uneconomic coal practices, according to a report released Tuesday from the Sierra Club.
Vertically-integrated utilities consistently operated coal units based on their own scheduling rather than relying on market signals to determine when running that plant would be most economic, the report found. The practice, known as self-scheduling, became common when there were fewer cost-effective alternative resources, but now hinders the ability of other resources, wind and solar, to compete in power markets, research has previously found.
Without self-scheduling, coal-powered generation would have dropped 10% and the median market price would have risen 30% or $7.7/kWh in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) from 2015 to 2017, according to modeling scenarios run for the report by Synapse Energy Economics.
NY 80 in Apulia
It's a little bit dark as the sun was under the clouds, with only a little bit of light shining down into the valley.
Taken on Saturday October 2, 2010 at Labrador Hollow Unique Area.