Brian662
5 year old buck +
Both. Power companies were forced to shell out millions to clean the air pollutants caused by coal generators and then after that initial capital investment came a huge influx of excess, cheap natural gas from tracking advancements. It was a substantial blow to the industry. Meanwhile, natural gas peaker plants can be constructed in a much smaller footprint, near zero emissions, and with incredibly lower amounts of labor. Oh, and the supply of LNG is CHEAP and much easier to transport than coal.