Thanks for playing and for pointing this out! You’re right, the text is a little misleading. A coal plant can’t go below half its output while it’s connected, so it burns that half no matter what. The grid uses that part first, since it’s burning anyway, and only then takes sun, wind and gas, with coal’s extra output last. So when the city needs less than coal’s minimum, it looks like coal always comes first. To really make room for clean power, unplug the coal plant by removing its lines. I’ll make the tip say this clearly in the next update. Thank you!
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Keep a growing city's lights on through the evening peak. A minimalist power-grid strategy game.
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