You have been hired by the investment firm of Dewey, Cheatam, and Howe to analyze the profitability

of a potential investment in a new combined cycle power station with the following characteristics.

Dewey, Cheatam, and Howe requires a $13\%$ IRR for all investments to give them the green$-$light.

You are tasked with accurately calculating the IRR, considering the capital cost of the plant in Year $0,$

and all the sales, fuel costs, other operational costs, and inflation of each cost for THIRTY years.

What would you recommend to your clients?