Brattle Economists Find 74% GHG Reduction Achievable in North Carolina with $590 Million in Generation Savings by 2030
H951, passed by the North Carolina House of Representatives in July 2021, requires Duke Energy to develop replacement plans for retiring several coal plants and to increase renewable resource capacity additions.
- H951, passed by the North Carolina House of Representatives in July 2021, requires Duke Energy to develop replacement plans for retiring several coal plants and to increase renewable resource capacity additions.
- The Brattle study utilizes gridSIM Brattle's economic dispatch and capacity expansion model to simulate the Duke Energy system and identify cost-effective new resources.
- This second scenario limits new gas capacity to a single new 900 MW gas plant specified in the legislation.
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