Reborn to Run Clean? Advancing Renewables on a New Capacity Market

Published on April 9, 2021

Months after power supplies froze in Texas, rancor between fossil-fuel defenders and renewable advocates has yet to cool off. New Jersey's officials have been working to boost clean energy generation in the state without crimping the grid's reliability. A consulting firm's proposing a new kind of wholesale market to achieve that balance. Our reporter explores the idea.

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