NRG coal plant to be MATS compliant in June

摘要

NRG Energy’s Avon Lake power plant on Lake Eriein northeast Ohio, expected to be compliant with the EnvironmentalProtection Agency’s new Mercury and Air Toxics Standards rule inJune, will continue to primarily burn coal “for the foreseeable future”before it eventually is converted to natural gas, a company spokesmansaid Monday.David Gaier, spokesman for the merchant generator with offices inPrinceton, New Jersey, and Houston, said the decision to continueburning coal instead of gas in Avon Lake may appear counterintuitive,given the persistently low natural gas prices and the plethora of coalto-gas switching occurring elsewhere in the industry, including at otherNRG plants.