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Gas plants more or less have to become "peaker" plants. They'll get paid more for the electricity but run for much fewer hours, plus a payment for being on standby. Effectively they'll be competing with storage, yes.



This will shift any new gas plants away from combined cycle toward simple cycle. Minimizing capital cost will be more important. Steam turbines may be on their way to the technology museum.




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