CPS Energy’s President and CEO Rudy Garza called it a historic moment for the utility and noted that the timeframe could change, depending on ERCOT.
CPS Energy's Calaveras Power Station. The utility has approved a new mix of generation that would rely heavily on natural gas for the near future.CPS Energy’s board of trustees voted 4-1 Monday to approve a new energy mix, which will see the municipally owned utility phase out its use of coal by 2028.
“To clarify, we submit to ERCOT that our plan is to close these units down by this date,” Garza said. “They can flex the actual closure date based on what their [reliability] models tell them.” “I’m happy we’re closing a coal plant, but we still need a carbon-free future,” said DeeDee Belmares, a climate justice organizer with Public Citizen’s Texas office and CPS Energy rate advisory committee member who recentlyBelmares was one of 27 public speakers to address the board prior to its vote Monday, including one woman who was forcibly escorted out for disrupting the proceedings. The majority voiced opposition to the new mix and urged the utility to quit fossil fuels.
Known as Portfolio #2, the selected mix will expand the utility’s use of renewables and to add new technologies, but natural gas and diesel could still make up as much as 44% of the utility’s generation over the next two decades.
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