A study on the costs of dispatching coal plants in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) market

This new analysis indicates that many coal plants in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) market are operating at a loss for extended periods of time, as their marginal cost of producing electricity is greater than market prices. This uneconomic dispatch of coal crowds out generation from lower-cost resources like wind, solar, and natural gas combined cycle generation, and the […]