These 15 Coal Plants Would Have Retired. Then Came AI and Trump. Utilities started reversing coal power’s “irreversible” decline. Will it last? “We know these coal plants are dirty, they’re uneconomic, they’re costing customers so much money, and they’re polluting the air.”
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They are dirty, but given the load growth, likely not uneconomic. Data centers are willing to pay >10 cents / kWh or more. It’s not about how much, but all about how soon, so restarting an existing plant is always going to be a quicker way to get power.