‘Panicked rush to gas’ could hike energy costs, report warns regulators • Wisconsin Examiner

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‘Panicked rush to gas’ could hike energy costs, report warns regulators • Wisconsin Examiner

A natural gas plant in Florida. Utilities, particularly in the South, are pushing to add new natural gas plants. (Photo by Glen Richard/iStock Images Getty Images)The nation’s largest public power company, the Tennessee Valley Authority, which serves 10 million people in Tennessee and parts of six neighboring states, has put forward plans for eight new natural gas plants since 2020. In South Carolina, Dominion Energy and Santee Cooper are pushin…