EPA–”You know what the US has too much of? Electrical power that’s what.” New rules too take more than 14.7 Gigawatts of power generation offline

And that’s according to the AP:

More than 32 mostly coal-fired power plants in a dozen states will be forced to shut down and an additional 36 might have to close because of new federal air pollution regulations, according to an Associated Press survey.

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Together, those plants — some of the oldest and dirtiest in the country — produce enough electricity for more than 22 million households, the AP survey found.

That’s double what the EPA predicted.

Don’t worry though the AP doesn’t let truth win through for long.  They make sure to pint out that those 22,000,000 households won’t go dark and that it’s all for the children.

What they don’t tell you, (or minimize really since the do mention that Darrell Issa and Jon Huntsman have pointed out the problem, but they do it in an offhanded way that makes it seem like it isn’t really a concern) is that 14.7 GW is slack capacity that allows for future growth or surges in demand. 

I see many rolling blackouts in the future because the grid won’t be able to stand up to summertime loads.