Texas utility to close two major coal-fired power plants

[DonViejo]

BY DEVIN HENRY - 10/13/17 04:20 PM EDT

A Texas utility plans to shut down two large coal-fired power plants in the state.

Luminant announces Friday that it would shutter its two-unit Sandow Power Plant near Austin and two-unit Big Brown Power Plant between Dallas and Houston in early 2018.

The two power plants have a generating capacity of 2,300 megawatts. The company had previously announced its plan to take a third coal-fired facility offline, meaning 2.1 million Texas homes will no longer be powered by coal, the Dallas Morning News reports.

In a statement, the company said the plants are “economically challenged,” because of low wholesale power prices, the expansion of renewable electricity and the low cost of natural gas.

“This announcement is a difficult one to make,” said Curt Morgan, the president and CEO of Luminant parent company Vistra Energy.

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http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/355382-texas-utility-to-close-two-major-coal-fired-power-plants

[coolsandy]

1. I guess they will be moving them to Pennsylvania?

[JoeStuckInOH]

2. Is Natural Gas plants better than Coal Plants? nt

[Le Gaucher]

3. Yes.. They burn relatively cleaner.. Apart from lower CO2

The have few other impurities.. Coal has has Sulphur and other metals.

Coal is bad news for your lungs

[JoeStuckInOH]

4. What about the clean-coal Mines Trump loves to talk about... !

[Binkie The Clown]

5. Texas Declares War on Coal!!!!!! nt