>Plus fossil fuel plant generation capacity is relatively inelastic; you have to plan ahead for capacity increases (eg increase deliveries of fossil fuel, which

>Plus fossil fuel plant generation capacity is relatively inelastic; you have to plan ahead for capacity increases (eg increase deliveries of fossil fuel, which means increasing production of fossil fuel, etc.). You can’t just “turn on” a coal plant when it gets cold overnight or you have a week of rain or a hailstorm takes out a solar farm. Thats only true for coal. Gas plants can be very flexible.