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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Sarah Moskowitz

It’s a myth that burning fossil fuels is a reliable way to generate power

A truck moves coal at a coal-fired power plant on Feb. 01, 2019 in Romeoville. Fossil fuel plants are unreliable, despite the claims of plant operators, a CUB official writes. (Getty)

A recent attempt by power plant owners to engineer a bailout of PJM Interconnection — a behind-the-scenes organization that runs our power grid — didn’t gain big headlines. But it exposes a dirty little secret about fossil fuels that has a major impact on our electric bills.

Too often, dirty power generators can’t perform when customers need them most, and their recent actions at PJM (which ultimately failed) proves they know it.

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