“New natural gas generation will likely total just 75 GW by 2030 due to growing challenges in that sector — the cost to build a new gas plant has already tripled in the last few years and the time to build one has grown from four and a half years to six or more — while postponing the retirement of every coal plant in America would only add 40 GW to the grid.”
Said Apr 23, 2025Deadline Dec 31, 2030NextEra Energy Q1 2025 earnings call, reported by Utility Dive, April 24, 2025
Resolvable against cumulative US gas-fired capacity additions through 2030.