Owners of old nuclear and coal power generation in the US are on the ropes, because their plants can\u2019t compete with cheaper natural gas and renewables. Some\u2014especially those operating in competitive markets\u2014are simply shutting down, while others are trying a whole host of survival strategies: seeking special payments and subsidies, \u201caround-market reforms,\u201d and even getting states to give up on competitive generation markets and go back to the old regulated utility business. So what are the pros and cons of these strategies, and what are the implications for consumers and for energy transition as a whole? Gavin Bade, an editor at Utility Dive who has written extensively on these topics, leads us through a tangle of legal, technical, and economic implications toward a more clear-eyed picture of how incumbent generators are trying to\u00a0survive the transition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Utility Dive editor Gavin Bade explains how independent power producers are using around-market reforms and re-regulation to survive energy transition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[253,21,259,254,99,261,176,258,252,257,180,93,256,251,260,255,262,231],"class_list":["post-777","xen_episodes","type-xen_episodes","status-publish","hentry","category-energy-transition-show-podcasts","tag-around-market-reforms","tag-coal","tag-commissions","tag-deregulation","tag-energy","tag-gas","tag-hawaii","tag-legislature","tag-market","tag-minnesota","tag-new-york","tag-nuclear","tag-ohio","tag-pjm","tag-puc","tag-re-regulation","tag-subsidies","tag-transition","xen_guests-gavin-bade"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n