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At least at this point solar can be driven by pure market forces, it doesn't need federal subsidies to make sense.
by Rover222 2mo ago
At least at this point solar can be driven by pure market forces, it doesn't need federal subsidies to make sense.
- philipkglass 2mo agoIt's unfortunately worse than coal subsidies. There are direct Federal orders that obsolete coal plants are not allowed to shut down. One example from Washington state: https://www.opb.org/article/2026/06/18/federal-order-keeps-washington-transalta-coal-power-plant-open/ https://www.opb.org/article/2026/06/18/federal-order-keeps-w...
- bluGill 2mo agoThere is open, and there is operating. This plant hasn't produced power in a while, but if someone wants to it is still open and so you just need to fire up the boilers again. The order just keeps it available to start again, it doesn't force it to burn coal. Closing the plant means they don't have to do maintenance, and perhaps they will tear it down.