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| − | {{CoalSwarm}}The '''Peabody Plan''' is a pro-coal lobbying agenda promoted by [[Peabody Energy]], one of the world's largest coal mining company.<ref>Peabody Energy, [http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=129849&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1471068&highlight= "Peabody Energy Chairman and CEO Greg Boyce Outlines 'Peabody Plan' to Eliminate Energy Poverty and Inequality"], Media Release, September 14, 2010.</ref><ref>Peabody Energy, [http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=129849&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1586119&highlight= "Peabody Chairman and CEO Calls on Regulatory Utility Commissioners to Embrace Low-Cost Energy Plan to Keep the U.S. Globally Competitive"], Media Release, July 18, 2011.</ref> | + | {{CoalSwarm}}The '''Peabody Plan''' is a pro-coal lobbying agenda promoted by [[Peabody Energy]], one of the world's largest coal mining company. The Plan was announced by the company's CEO [[Greg Boyce]] in September 2010.<ref>Peabody Energy, [http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=129849&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1471068&highlight= "Peabody Energy Chairman and CEO Greg Boyce Outlines 'Peabody Plan' to Eliminate Energy Poverty and Inequality"], Media Release, September 14, 2010.</ref><ref>Peabody Energy, [http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=129849&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1586119&highlight= "Peabody Chairman and CEO Calls on Regulatory Utility Commissioners to Embrace Low-Cost Energy Plan to Keep the U.S. Globally Competitive"], Media Release, July 18, 2011.</ref> |
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| + | Launching his company's pro-coal plan, Boyce stated that "the greatest crisis we confront in the 21st Century is not an environmental crisis predicted by computer models… but a human crisis fully within our power to solve. For too long, too many have been focused on the wrong end game. For every person or agency who has voiced a 2050 greenhouse gas goal… we need 10 people and policy bodies working toward the goal of broad energy access to reduce global poverty."<ref name="Comments">Gregory H. Boyce, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Peabody Energy, [http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/4/47/WorldEnergyCongressremarks.pdf Comments on Peabody Plan"], September 14, 2010. (Pdf)</ref> | ||
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| + | Boyce stated that "we as a world need to reset our priorities" to "eliminating energy poverty MUST be job one" with the goal as "electricity access for all by 2050."<ref name="Comments"/> | ||
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| + | "We also must advance all energy forms for long-term access. Coal is the only baseload fuel with the scale, abundance, reliability and cost profile to make this goal a reality" and that "using more coal… more cleanly… requires deployment of advanced coal technologies on a path to near-zero emissions."<ref name="Comments"/> | ||
==Lobbying the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners== | ==Lobbying the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners== | ||
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The Peabody Plan is a pro-coal lobbying agenda promoted by Peabody Energy, one of the world's largest coal mining company. The Plan was announced by the company's CEO Greg Boyce in September 2010.[1][2]
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Boyce's comments at the launch
Launching his company's pro-coal plan, Boyce stated that "the greatest crisis we confront in the 21st Century is not an environmental crisis predicted by computer models… but a human crisis fully within our power to solve. For too long, too many have been focused on the wrong end game. For every person or agency who has voiced a 2050 greenhouse gas goal… we need 10 people and policy bodies working toward the goal of broad energy access to reduce global poverty."[3]
Boyce stated that "we as a world need to reset our priorities" to "eliminating energy poverty MUST be job one" with the goal as "electricity access for all by 2050."[3]
"We also must advance all energy forms for long-term access. Coal is the only baseload fuel with the scale, abundance, reliability and cost profile to make this goal a reality" and that "using more coal… more cleanly… requires deployment of advanced coal technologies on a path to near-zero emissions."[3]
Lobbying the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
In a keynote presentation to the July 2011 annual meeting of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, Peabody Energy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gregory Boyce used the Peabody Plan to argue that what was needed in the US is a "pro-people, pro-business economy" and that it wanted "at least half of new generation comes from advanced coal plants".[4]
While calling for a "a balanced portfolio of fuels", Boyce told those at the conference that what was needed was a "create a pro-electricity regulatory environment that keeps energy affordable for job creation and economic growth." He also argued that gas and renewables should be relegated to a support role for coal and nuclear. Boyce argued that what was needed was to "encourage new coal and nuclear units for baseload electricity and use gas and renewables for variable power" and that commissioners should "advocate for continual upgrades of the existing fleet."[4]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ Peabody Energy, "Peabody Energy Chairman and CEO Greg Boyce Outlines 'Peabody Plan' to Eliminate Energy Poverty and Inequality", Media Release, September 14, 2010.
- ↑ Peabody Energy, "Peabody Chairman and CEO Calls on Regulatory Utility Commissioners to Embrace Low-Cost Energy Plan to Keep the U.S. Globally Competitive", Media Release, July 18, 2011.
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 3.2 Gregory H. Boyce, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Peabody Energy, Comments on Peabody Plan", September 14, 2010. (Pdf)
- ↑ Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 "Peabody Chairman and CEO Calls on Regulatory Utility Commissioners to Embrace Low-Cost Energy Plan to Keep the U.S. Globally Competitive", Media Release, July 18, 2011.
Related SourceWatch articles
External resources
- Gregory H. Boyce, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Peabody Energy, "Peabody Energy Chairman and CEO Greg Boyce Outlines 'Peabody Plan' to Eliminate Energy Poverty and Inequality", Media Release, September 14, 2010.
- Gregory H. Boyce, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Peabody Energy, Comments on Peabody Plan", September 14, 2010. (Pdf) (A backup copy of Boyce's comments is here).
- Peabody Energy, "Equal Energy Access: The Power of Coal", September 14, 2010. (Pdf) (A backup copy of Boyce's presentation is here)
