Coal companies veto Trump nominee who opposed bailing out money-losing power plants – swamp watch

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Think Progress: Coal companies veto Trump nominee who opposed bailing out money-losing power plants – swamp watch

“Since then, Perry and Big Coal have been working overtime to stack FERC, which oversees the U.S. grid and regulates interstate electricity transmission, with cronies who will force Americans to buy costly coal and nuclear power. This vision would amount to a multi-billion dollar taxpayer bailout at the expense of cheaper renewable sources and natural gas.

The revelation also serves to further cement the relationship between the coal industry and the Trump administration. Not only has President Donald Trump tapped Craft’s wife as the next U.N. ambassador but under former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt, Craft often met with the agency and he even gave Pruitt basketball tickets. Pruitt is reportedly now consulting for Craft’s coal company.”

Coal companies veto Trump nominee who opposed bailing out money-losing power plants

Big Coal’s last-ditch effort to raise Americans’ electricity bills billions of dollars.

 

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