From: ScottW48@hotmail.com   
      
   According to the report, the region managed by Midcontinent Independent System   
   Operator (MISO), which oversees much of the Midwest including Minnesota and   
   South Dakota, faces some of the highest grid risks as a result of coal   
   generation retirements that    
   are projected to outpace new green energy development at certain points in the   
   future.    
      
      
   You have the "grid" operator tasked with providing reliable power to consumers.   
   And then you have the energy producers, in this case Xcel Energy based in Mn.   
   which is pursuing a goal of being a carbon free producer as dictated by the   
   Biden DOE.   But Xcel has no obligation to meet any "reliability" requirements   
   that the grid    
   operator (MISO) may have.     
   MISO and independents are projecting a grid that will be increasing unreliable   
   and particularly so during extreme weather events when renewable outputs are   
   least reliable.    
    A reasonable compromise would be to require Xcel to convert their existing    
   coal plants to Nat gas to use as a supply buffer in hard times.      
   Expensive?  Yes...but necessary if you want a reliable grid when it's subzero   
   in the great North.      
   Now...how do you do this without making electricity costs skyrocket?     
   I would ask the Feds to pick up the bill for the nat gas conversion or even   
   better, a nuclear option.   But Joe dumps it on the back of consumers which is   
   why his method is going to be a big fat FAILURE.      
      
   ScottW   
      
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