What If Green Energy Isn't The Future -- For The Archives

Minnesota:

• Xcel's plan announced May 20, 2019
• coal-free by 2030
• nuclear-free by 2040
• nuclear currently accounts for 23% of Minnesota's electricity consumption  
• Minnesota nuclear; two plants, nameplate capacity
• Monticello: 671 MW
• Prairie Island: 1,096 MW
• coal
• last two coal plants (to close by 2030)
• Sherco #3 (Sherburne County, unit #3): 876 MW
• Allen S. King: 511 MW
• Natural gas plant expansion
• Mankata Energy: was 415 MW; expansion to 760  MW by 2019
• Renewable energy plans, to add:
• solar: add 3,000 MW
• wind: add 1,850 MW

Comments:

• total nuclear, 2019: 1,767 MW
• total coal that will close: 1,387 MW
• in other words, closing the coal plants will almost be the same as closing the two nuclear plants which account for 23% of Minnesota's electricity generating capacity
• I hope North Dakota and South Dakota are watching 
• it's agreed that the Xcel plant will not be cheap but it won't be much more than rate of inflation