Report: GenOn Plant Could Close Without Adverse Effect on Reliable Electricity to D.C.

New study from The Analysis Group says regulators should confirm reliability issue before closing coal plant

The controversial, aging GenOn Potomac River Coal Plant in Alexandria could be shuttered without impacting the power supply to the nation’s capital, according to a new Analysis Group study commissioned by American Clean Skies Foundation. However, the report (pdf) adds that the federal or D.C. regulators should ask utility firm PEPCO and PJM, the regional transmission organization, to “confirm the absence of any reliability issues” before closing the plant. The report says retirement of the Virginia plant would immediately benefit the local environment because  electricity from cleaner generating plants would replace output from the Potomac plant.  This would ultimately reduce harmful air pollution, especially from chemicals that contribute…

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