NRG Energy to burn natural gas at coal-fired generating plant

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June 24, 2013
By Thomas Olson 
 
NRG Energy Inc. plans to convert its power plant in Lawrence County from coal to natural gas by May 2016, joining a growing list of power plants switching to the cleaner-burning fuel.
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Industry analysts estimate about 15 percent of all coal-fired plants, or about 89, will shut down by the time the Environmental Protection Agency rules become effective in 2015, said Christopher Guith, vice president for policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for 21st Century Energy.
 
He said natural gas-fired plants could meet the emissions standards as drafted but coal-fired could not.
 
“NRG is not an exception. More and more utilities are starting to do this,” Guith said.
 
Real the full article at The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.