America’s Power recently released a nearly six-minute video to highlight what it argues are the challenges associated with President Biden’s plan to decarbonize the electric grid by 2035.
The video can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsZ9l5KO97M
In the announcement accompanying the video, America’s Power states its belief that there is a need for a more thorough understanding of the challenges associated with trying to remove coal and natural gas from the nation’s grid in just 15 years.
The video also highlights America’s Power’s position of how a strategy that allows time to develop innovative technologies and relies on all sources of electricity is the best way to reduce carbon emissions and promote electric affordability and a reliable and resilient electric grid.
The video includes comments from a number of issue experts, including Wisconsin Public Service Commissioner Ellen Nowak, Montana Public Service Commissioner Tony O’Donnell, and Executive Director of the Kentucky Industrial Utility Customers, Carl Kurz, who offer their views on the difficulty of meeting a 2035 national decarbonization deadline and the importance of maintaining diversity on the grid.
America’s Power is a national trade organization whose mission is to advocate at the federal and state levels on behalf of coal-fueled electricity and the coal fleet. Its membership is comprised of major industries — electricity generators, coal producers, railroads, barge operators, and equipment manufacturers — involved in generating electricity from coal.
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