Turning the Lights Back On

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Date

April 16, 2018

News Type

Media Highlight

Source

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"An October 2017 Resources for the Future report said that out of an incomplete list of 102 retired coal-fired generating units, 55 had been demolished as of last July and 37 were 'cold and dark.'"

Topics

Electric Power

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Daniel Raimi

Fellow; Director, Equity in the Energy Transition Initiative

Daniel Raimi is a fellow and director of the Equity in the Energy Transition Initiative at RFF. He works on a range of energy policy issues with a focus on tools to enable an equitable energy transition.

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