http://cleantechnica.com/2011/08/30/no-risk-from-epa-coal-plant-shutdowns-grid-operator-says/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 10:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 http://cleantechnica.com/2011/08/30/no-risk-from-epa-coal-plant-shutdowns-grid-operator-says/#comment-104516 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 02:37:47 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=30062#comment-104516 […] disruption in electricity supplies as coal plants shut down in response to the new EPA GHG limits. No Risk to Grid as Coal Plants are Shut Down, Says Transmission OperatorsOne reason? The Recovery Act Will Add 16 GW of Renewable Energy that will go on the grid within […]

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2011/08/30/no-risk-from-epa-coal-plant-shutdowns-grid-operator-says/#comment-103827 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:15:24 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=30062#comment-103827 […] CleanTechnica points out that one of the biggest reasons the grid will not be affected by the loss of dirty coal power is “the creation of a little-noticed new FERC rule we covered last year by the Obama administration on ‘negawatts,’ or new energy-efficiency agreements with large users such as demand response.” They go on to explain what the rule means: Large commercial users, who use as much as 17 million commercial customers use, 40% of the power on the nation’s grid, can make a deal with their utility – and have big deductions in their electric bills in return – by agreeing to turn their electricity off for a few minutes, on demand, in order to shave peak demand, when it is necessary, such as on hot afternoons. These rolling off-switches have virtually no impact on operations, because they are spread among big users. […]

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