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Be careful what you wish for.....Brayton point, a coal fired plant will shut down 5/31/17. Some of these plants have been retrofitted for Natural Gas, but much smaller ones. Brayton is a 1,500 megawatt plant.

A coal fired plant such as Brayton produces double the amount of Greenhouse gases vs. a natural gas plant. But since NE cannot site a new plant, and has trouble putting a pipe in the ground, the outlook is very grim.

Our electric rates, now the highest in the US, will continue to climb. Our excess natural gas demand days, which now number about 50 per year, will increase. Later this year, CT Yankee will also shut down.