Critics Challenge DOE Grid Report That Could Boost Coal Emergency Orders

Democratic attorneys general (AGs), clean power groups and environmentalists are warning about the Energy Department’s (DOE) expected use of a grid reliability report they say is error-filled and unlawful to justify the Trump administration’s ongoing push to keep aging coal plants open by declaring a grid emergency. The DOE report’s “flawed assumptions” indicate the administration intentionally designed the report “to satisfy the White House’s goal of bailing out uneconomic and environmentally harmful power plants. DOE’s report is not addressing an...