The divestment from coal-fired power has been a longtime goal of climate activists, but the victory has been tempered by the planned, continued reliance on natural gas for power generation.
gives the official deadline for getting rid of coal as 2030, but the utility plans to do it sooner.
CPS Energy CEO and President Rudy Garza says the aging Spruce 1 plant would need $150 million in environmental upgrades to run past 2027. So the plant will have to be closed by the end of that year. “In between now and then, we can do the work we need to do to convert the Spruce 2 unit to natural gas,” he told KSAT Tuesday.DeeDee Belmares, a climate justice organizer with Public Citizen, said shutting down the Spruce plant has been something community groups have fought for for many years.Belmares was also on the utility’s rate advisory committee , which reviewed the different portfolio options.
“We know that we need to cut our fossil fuel usage entirely, you know, over the next decade to avoid the worst impacts of climate change,” Belmares said.adopted a Climate Action and Adaptation Plan Although the new portfolio will be enough for the city meet the plan’s 2030 benchmark, it won’t be enough to hit 2040′s or the ultimate goal in 2050., who serves on the utility board, says the new portfolio “should not be viewed as a plan that’s put in place and we never have to come back to it.
“The reality is if we’re going to meet our reduction, our emissions reduction goals, we’re going to meet the goals of the cap. We have to continue to work at this year after year after year.”
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