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Well the point is the powerplant, if not currently a municipal service, has to pay for itself, make capital improvements, pay wages, etc.
If the powerplant doesn't have "regular" income they are in a tougher spot and "may" go out of business.
Solar and green energy is wonderful and we need more and more. But we should agree we want power at any time, in any condition, so the powerplant currently still needs to exist.
This problem is not wholly removed if the powerplant is a municipal service either.
Edit Not sure what the downvotes are for, nothing I said is wrong. I even praised green energy.
As a Canadian, if you taxed us for electricity the way we're taxed to provide universal healthcare, we're all for it. It would be cheaper then what we have now too
That's great. As an Americans I agree.
My point is we don't have a green grid at full readiness. I hope we do soon via distributed storage .
But for now, municipal or not, the power station has bills and operational standards. Big swings in revenue, as well as the operational challenge of starting and stopping every day is a challenge that we currently are experiencing.
We need those plants (currently!) To provide the backbone, so unfortunately have to suffer their habits and needs