"...The state rewards inefficient and unreliable wind and solar energy at the expense of superior sources such as the Cheswick Generating Station, whose September closure will kill jobs and increase families’ energy bills.
...“In earlier years wind and solar capacity was built to meet states’ renewable portfolio standards (subsidy programs), but by 2018 about 80 percent was being built by investors looking to harvest federal tax credits,” he explained.
In an analysis by the business-labor coalition Pittsburgh Works Together (PWT), Cheswick compared favorably to a solar farm proposed for Mount Joy Township, Adams County.
Cheswick has a peak capacity over seven times greater than this proposed solar facility and takes up less than 10 percent of the land area, according to the PWT report...Read all.
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