'Bomb cyclone' pours cold water on argument for coal
The northeastern US electricity grid has responded with little disruption, and without any need to rev up coal plants
Washington
THE cold weather and swirling winds gripping the northeastern United States have created the sort of winter scenario that Energy Secretary Rick Perry has cited as a reason to bolster the reliability of the grid by boosting coal and nuclear power plants. Mr Perry said that only those power plants could assure reliability because only they could keep 90 days' fuel supply on site.
But so far in this windy two-week cold snap, the region's electricity grid has responded with little disruption, and without any need to rev up ageing coal plants, which supplied 6 per cent of electricity in New England on Thursday.
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