100% of electric capacity added in U.S. last month was renewable

[one...two...tree 2,762]

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the agency which informed us that almost half of all new electricity generating capacity added in the U.S. in 2012 was renewable, has released its data for the month of January. You ready for this?

Every single megawatt of new generating capacity added in the U.S. last month was renewable. Every single one.

The full dataset from FERC is here [PDF], outlining the constituent additions: 958 megawatts of wind, 267 of solar, and 6 little megawatts of biomass. In total, 1,231 megawatts of capacity were added in January of this year compared to 1,693 in January 2012. The amount of wind and solar added last month was greater than the amount of coal and natural gas added a year ago.

http://grist.org/news/100-of-electric-capacity-added-in-u-s-last-month-was-renewable/?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=update

[Ban Hammer 13,340]

And we're abandoning the nuclear plant in Crystal River as well. Good news all around. Well, except the roughly $3 billion dollar cost that customers of the utility are on the hook for. But no worries, the utility will still make in excess of $150 million dollars on that (mistake) they created which causes the plant to be retired. Why did they create this? They tried a little DIY to save $15 million back in 2009. Good call! It's a real gem. Florida style.

post removed for language and returned minus the liberal sprinkling of f-bombs throughout the post.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

post removed for language and returned minus the liberal sprinkling of f-bombs throughout the post.

What's next? Editing the "F" out of #######?