By Tom Kleckner
Two environmental groups that say regulated utilities’ practice of self-committing coal plants is costing ratepayers have a point, RTO officials said. | Union of Concerned Scientists
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Coal’s share of SPP’s energy production continues to slide in the face of low gas prices, according to the RTO’s latest State of the Market report.
The SPP State of the Market report said coal-fired resources accounted for 52.1% of generation in the fall of 2015.
SPP set a new record for wind generation Friday when the footprint cracked the 12,000-MW threshold for the first time, producing 12,141 MW.