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By Brendan Clogston ayor Carlo DeMaria stated this week that he did not believe that regulators would allow Exelon Generation to retire their four Mystic Generating Station natural gas units, and the early indications seem be to bearing him out. ISO New England, the independent nonprofit organization tasked with ensuring the reliability of power systems throughout the region, issued an initial memo this week calling the proposed retirements an “unacceptable fuel security risk,� and is asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to wave tariff requirements to allow them to keep two units at the plant operational. “These retirements pose an unacceptable fuel security risk to the region during the winter
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months,� the memo reads. “Our recent operational experiences during the cold spell, the projected state of the power system in 2022 through 2024, and the future trends identified in our Operational Fuel Security Analysis, highlight the critical importance of this facility to the region’s fuel security.� Mayor DeMaria said he was “disappointed� to learn about Exelon Generation’s request to retire four Mystic generator units. “Mystic Station is critical to the reliability of our regional power system, particularly with the planned retirement of other power stations in New England,� said DeMaria. “I strongly encourage ISO New England to examine those reliability factors closely. I am confident that after a careful
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