City of Lansing planning for the next 20 years
Lansing officials and interest parties are planning for the future.
To be taken into account:
- Retirement of coal plant
- Price of carbon emissions
- Reliability of wind energy
- Cost of solar power
- Energy efficiency growth
It’s called Integrated Resource Planning (IRP); in other words all options that would affect the supply, use or cost of energy.
The IRP is important as it identifies the areas that the City officials want to invest in and foresee as viable. It also offers interested parties such as the Sierra Club, energy marketers, power developers, energy efficiency service providers a chance to have input into the IRP.
While this process is local to Lansing it will also be done on every state and even the national level.
This debate will determine the makeup of the next power plants in the US. Let us hope we have a reasoned debate and that the goal of a robust, efficient and varied electrical grid and supply portfolio remains the goal. Because what planning wont accomplish is the continued drive for efficiency in energy production and use.
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