Coal Group Blasts Draft DOE Grid Study For Understating EPA Rules' Effects

A major coal industry group is raising concerns with a draft version of a much-anticipated Energy Department (DOE) electric grid study, arguing it understates the adverse impact EPA regulations have had on coal plant retirements, in hopes to influence Trump officials who are already touting a “comeback” for the fuel. In an Aug. 15 white paper , the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) charges that a leaked draft of the DOE study -- written by career staffers --...