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The article discusses the evolution of the renewable industry of the U.S. while exploring how renewables fit into conventional fossil-fired portfolios and how they affect business models and markets. Tim Light, senior vice president of commercial operations at energy company American Electric Power Co. Inc. (AEP), talks about the robust outlook for renewables throughout 2022. He also outlines several driving factors that inform a decision of the utility to procure renewables.

The article discusses the report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) which shows that the amount of power produced with natural gas is expected to surpass generation fueled with coal. It estimates that the natural gas will fuel less than half of the power generation in the U.S. by 2016. According to EIA that power sector is the largest consumer of natural gas in the U.S.

The article focuses on the coal-fired Intermountain Power Project which is located in Delta, Utah which provide electricity to Los Angeles and Southern California. It mentions that the plant was operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and considered as the largest coal-fired power plant in the U.S.