MAYBE I DO NEED TO PUT IN THAT GENERATOR: Video: Is the post-EPA regs power grid ready for a truly hard winter? “In order to comply with the new Obama era EPA regs, American Electric Power, which supplies a major portion of the electricity used on the east coast, will be closing almost one quarter of their coal fired plants between now and next June. This is because they were economically unable to come into compliance with the new regulations in the impossibly short window of opportunity offered by the EPA. This is going to reduce the total surge capacity available for some of our most densely populated areas just when we may get hit with weather related demand spikes beyond anyone’s control.”

“Under My Plan … Electricity Rates Would Necessarily Skyrocket.”