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Electricity Supply: Older Plants' Impact on Reliability and Air Quality

RCED-90-200 Published: Sep 10, 1990. Publicly Released: Oct 12, 1990.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed electric utilities' life extension plans for older fossil fuel power plants and examined the effects of life extension on the reliability of the nation's power supply and air quality.

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