Jim Pierobon is Founder and principal writer of The Energy Fix. He is a policy, marketing and social media strategist who has reported on, testified and consulted about smarter grids, cyber-security as it affects the power grid, fossil fuel shortages, price spikes, energy efficiency and the rise and fall -- and the rise again of nuclear and renewable energy sources.Option for reducing reliability risks from retiring U.S. coal-fired power plants: market-based compliance credits
What if there were an incentive to retire dirty, coal-fired power plants in the U.S. years ahead of new mercury and toxic emission standards and compliance dates issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) December 16? Such an incentive could make it profitable for forward-thinking energy utility executives, using tradable credits, to hasten the [...]