Nuclear power is emerging as a necessity in Colorado and the U.S. to ensure the electric grid has stable power, according to local and national energy experts.
The national electric grid faces a threat of catastrophic failure due the rapid shift away from the stable and “easily dispatcahble” power production using coal or gas to intermittent and unpredictable renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind, federal energy regulators said.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the North American Electric Reliability Corp. have both raised a red flag over this predicament.
“We are seeing a rapid, unsustainable, dangerous loss of dispatchable generating resources, predominantly coal and gas,” said FERC Commissioner Mark Christie at the October 2024 Reliability Technical Conference. “They’re…
