CenterPoint presentation: study estimates 4'5x January generation needed to replace gas heating; lawmakers press storage and future-grid assumptions
CenterPoint Energy'backed analysis presented to the committee estimated that replacing natural-gas space heating in Minnesota could increase January generation requirements roughly four to five times; lawmakers questioned the study's exclusion of seasonal and long-duration storage and other future-grid changes.
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Dr. Joel Lynch, an energy efficiency engineer with CenterPoint Energy, presented a state-specific analysis to the House Energy Finance and Policy Committee on April 9 estimating the additional electric capacity Minnesota would require if natural-gas space heating were fully electrified.
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