Friday, December 9, 2011

Turn out the lights, the party’s over

TOM BURGUM
Contributing Columnist
burgum@lbknews.com
Back in the good old days when Monday Night Football really was special, “Dandy” Don Meredith used to sing out “Turn out the lights, the party’s over” to let us know the winner had been decided even though time was left on the clock. Given the Obama administration’s coal policy, Dandy Don, were he with us today, might well sing, “Turn out the lights before they turn them out for us.”
I’ve written before about how the Obama administration’s war on coal will impact the reliability of our electric grid. Now, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) warns of impending trouble. According to The Wall Street Journal, “NERC’s forecasts are the gold standard for the U.S. power system…” According to the report, “the nation’s power grid will be

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