Utilities want to regain the ability to build power plants in PJM. Here’s why that may be a bad idea

Utilities want to regain the ability to build power plants in PJM. Here’s why that may be a bad idea

Coal is stored outside the Hunter coal-fired power plant, operated by PacifiCorp, in Emery County, Utah, on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch) This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. The debate that took place in a Washington, D.C., hearing room in June was so fill…