{"id":1629975,"date":"2022-09-01T17:18:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T21:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1629975"},"modified":"2022-09-01T17:19:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T21:19:27","slug":"state-becomes-first-to-shut-down-all-its-coal-power-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-becomes-first-to-shut-down-all-its-coal-power-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"State Becomes First To Shut Down All Its Coal Power Plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstate-becomes-first-to-shut-down-all-its-coal-power-plants%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1629975&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/coal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coal<\/a> power plant in <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/hawaii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hawaii<\/a> ceased operations this week, meaning that the Aloha State is the first in the nation to execute a ban on the fossil fuel.<\/p>\n<p>AES Corporation\u2019s coal plant on the island of Oahu, which supplied one-fifth of residents\u2019 electricity, closed on Thursday after 30 years of operation. Hawaii was also the first state to pass a requirement for a complete shift to <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/climate-change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">renewable energy<\/a> before 2045.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt really is about reducing greenhouse gases,\u201d Governor David Ige (D-HI) said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/technology-hawaii-david-ige-climate-and-environment-4bd398c024f1e5db2faad2dfb6510de0\">interview<\/a> with the Associated Press. \u201cAnd this coal facility is one of the largest emitters. Taking it offline means that we\u2019ll stop the 1.5 million metric tons of greenhouse gases that were emitted annually.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Hawaiian legislature passed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitol.hawaii.gov\/session2020\/bills\/SB2629_HD1_.htm\">law<\/a> two years ago banning the use of coal by 2023 in the interest of promoting \u201ca swift transition to a clean energy economy.\u201d At $0.276 per kilowatt-hour, Hawaii currently has the nation\u2019s most expensive electricity, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/electricity\/state\/\">data<\/a> from the Energy Information Administration.<\/p>\n<p>State Senate Minority Leader Kurt Fevella (R) noted to the Associated Press that Hawaiian families are already \u201cdoing what is necessary\u201d to cope with high prices. Yet AES Clean Energy President Leonardo Moreno told the outlet that \u201crenewables are getting cheaper by the day.\u201d He said he envisions \u201ca future where energy is very, very cheap, abundant, and renewable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, energy costs across the United States have increased precipitously over the past two years. The average price of electricity surged from $0.143 per kilowatt-hour in July 2021 to $0.160 per kilowatt-hour in July 2022, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/regions\/midwest\/data\/averageenergyprices_selectedareas_table.htm\">data<\/a> from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.<\/p>\n<p>Several states have meanwhile overhauled their energy infrastructures to promote renewable power. The California Air Resources Board <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/california-expected-to-ban-sale-of-new-gas-cars\">issued rules<\/a> last week requiring 35% of new vehicles to produce zero emissions by 2026 \u2014 a standard that will rise to a 68% benchmark by 2030 and a 100% level by 2035. The legislatures of Massachusetts, Washington, and Virginia have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/two-more-states-follow-californias-ban-on-new-gas-cars\">passed<\/a> laws enforcing the standards approved by the agency.<\/p>\n<p>Charging an electric vehicle requires twice as much annual energy usage as powering a refrigerator, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/eere\/vehicles\/articles\/fact-994-september-11-2017-electric-vehicle-charging-consumes-less-energy\">data<\/a> from the Department of Energy. Indeed, power authorities in California <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/california-extends-warning-for-residents-to-avoid-charging-electric-vehicles-as-available-power-supplies-tighten\">issued and extended<\/a> an alert requesting that residents \u201cavoid\u201d charging electric vehicles as \u201cavailable power supplies\u201d tighten during a heat wave.<\/p>\n<p>The White House has also encouraged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/energy-secretary-lays-out-the-only-way-to-avoid-high-gas-prices-and-its-not-producing-more-oil\">higher reliance<\/a> upon renewable sources as energy costs increase. The national average price of gasoline was $2.38 per gallon when President Joe Biden assumed office, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/dnav\/pet\/hist\/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&amp;s=EMM_EPMR_PTE_NUS_DPG&amp;f=W\">data<\/a> from the Energy Information Administration, and increased to $3.53 per gallon by the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Prices surpassed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/gas-prices\">$5.00 per gallon<\/a> in early June before subsiding to $3.83 per gallon as of Thursday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/\">AAA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>California is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/california-plan-to-shut-down-last-nuclear-plant-would-carry-severe-consequences-democrat-senator-warns\">slated to close<\/a> the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, which is responsible for 8% of overall energy production and 17% of carbon-free energy in the Golden State. However, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/california-plan-to-shut-down-last-nuclear-plant-would-carry-severe-consequences-democrat-senator-warns\">warned lawmakers<\/a> that the electric grid is not capable of handling the loss of the state\u2019s last nuclear facility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCalifornia has some of the most ambitious clean energy mandates in the world,\u201d Feinstein wrote in a letter to Democrat State Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon and Democrat State Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins. \u201cHowever, despite massive investments and commitment, development of non-emitting renewable energy resources like wind, solar, and geothermal are not projected to be installed in time to meet California\u2019s energy demand without power from Diablo Canyon.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last coal power plant in Hawaii ceased operations this week, meaning that the Aloha State is the first in the nation to execute a ban on the fossil fuel. AES Corporation\u2019s coal plant on the island of Oahu, which supplied one-fifth of residents\u2019 electricity, closed on Thursday after 30 years of operation. 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