PJM: FirstEnergy nukes can retire without reliability threat

Utility Dive: The PJM deactivation analysis released Monday undercuts a key argument from FirstEnergy and its allies — that allowing at-risk coal and nuclear plants to retire in wholesale power markets would undercut the reliability and resilience of the grid.

PJM has consistently said that planned retirements do not present a reliability threat in the short term, and on Monday reiterated that view with respect to three FirstEnergy nuclear facilities in Ohio — the 896 MW Davis Besse plant, the 1,247 MW Perry plant and the 1,811 MW Beaver Creek facility.

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