Mr. Jim Dollard:

Its primary purpose is to burn solid fuels. We have carefully examined the possibility of burning gas at the plant. Technically, the plant could burn gas but it would be uneconomic. It would burn gas at close to a 35% to 36% efficiency rate. A modern high-efficiency plant would burn gas at close to 60%, such that to burn gas at this plant would be inefficient. Also, in terms of an ability to stop and start in a renewables world, this plant would take a long time to stop and start. It would not be able to respond in a renewables world. It is not an appropriate plant for gas burning.