A resolution recognizing that facilities that produce renewable electricity are the cheapest power-generating facilities to operate and reliance on fossil fuel-generating facilities to meet growing power demand drives up wholesale electricity prices.
This is a symbolic Senate resolution (SRES 565), not a law. It recognizes two key points: (1) renewable energy facilities (like wind and solar) have near-zero operating costs and are the cheapest to run, and (2) relying on fossil fuel plants (coal, gas, oil) to meet rising electricity demand increases wholesale electricity prices for consumers. The resolution states these facts based on how electricity markets operate - lower-cost renewable plants are dispatched first, while higher-cost fossil plants are used as demand grows, driving up prices. It does not create new policy or change regulations.
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