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by Traster 2149 days ago
It's true that low oil prices will encourage oil fired plants to open back up,but I'm not sure that a very short term drop is going to have much effect since spinning up and down a power plant isn't exactly a short term decision.
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Most of these plants are on 7 day standby - Ie. They need to be able to reopen within 7 days in case of war or disruption to gas supply.