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Eco activists have called for the plants' closure for years, while energy experts are warning that renewables are unreliable, costly, and intermittent.
The final coal-fired power plants in New England are slated to shutter in the coming years, making it the second region to phase out the energy source that powered the U.S. economy for decades. In an announcement late last month, New Hampshire-based power provider Granite Shore Power said it had reached an agreement with federal
New England will soon be the second U.S. region to completely phase out coal-fired power, a move that environmentalists cheered but experts warned would have major consequences.
Just 1% of New England's electricity came from coal in 2018. But for climate change activists, that's still too much.