EI report finds new local wind and solar could replace 80 percent of the U.S. coal fleet at immediate savings to customers.

EI’s Mike O’Boyle says the introduction of a clean electricity standard would set a new bar for the federal government that would have a catalytic function, driving industry response.

EI’s Robbie Orvis says the part of the American Jobs Plan that could have the biggest effect on transportation-related emissions is the proposed clean energy standard, which would require utilities to transition from fossil fuels to clean technologies.

EI analysts discuss how plummeting renewable energy prices have made running most Wisconsin coal plants uneconomic compared to replacement by new local wind and solar.

EI research shows the remaining coal plants in the United States need to shutter before 2030 to achieve Biden’s new climate goal.

EI’s Eric Gimon says as time goes on, federal subsidies will have less and less impact (as they diminish and renewables continue to get cheaper) on the energy-cost comparison between coal and new renewables.

EI analysis using publicly available data on fuel costs and power plant operations finds that building new wind and solar facilities is cheaper than running and maintaining the vast majority of coal-fired power plants.

EI report shows eight in 10 coal plants now running are either more expensive than their wind and solar counterparts or on their way to retirement, with coal plants becoming uneconomic at a faster pace than projected.

EI’s Amanda Myers says policymakers should critically examine each and every coal plant in their jurisdiction given the overwhelming amount of existing coal and the rapidly changing economics of possible clean alternatives.

EI’s Eric Gimon says 80 percent of U.S. coal plants are now more expensive to keep running than to swap out for new wind and solar capacity, and this is becoming true for more and more plants moving forward—at an accelerating pace.