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[Episode #160] – Coal Plant Buyouts

The Energy Transition Show with Chris Nelder

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How to Shut Down Existing Coal Plants?

i think the strategy de jure is to buy them out and to shut them down. i took particular interest in an article that you recently wrote for canary media titled five rules to make sure the coal plant buy outs benefit the public, not the big. 93 % of plants world wide are insulated from market competition by long term contracts and non competitive tariffs,. They can continue operating even when they're operating at a loss. How do you round up money to buy something if you're just going to shut it down?

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