"NERC Raises Alarm on Fossil Fuel Shutdowns and Rising Power Demands Threatening Grid Reliability"

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) has warned that the premature retirement of fossil fuel power sources in the U.S. could lead to significant reliability issues in the future. NERC's annual Long-Term Reliability Assessment report highlighted regions such as the Midwest, West, and Northeast as facing elevated or high risks of capacity shortfalls due to coal generation retirements outpacing the development of new green energy sources. The report comes as the Biden administration pushes for a transition to renewable energy, but grid operators have cautioned that regulations targeting fossil fuel-fired power plant emissions could exacerbate reliability problems.