Trump Power Study Riles Trade Groups Before It's Released
- Critics fear Energy Department report will favor fossil fuels
- FirstEnergy, other coal generators, eager for Perry’s findings
Power transmission lines are suspended from electricity pylons in Kearny, New Jersey, U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. U.S. electrical output rose 6.2 percent to 94,254 gigawatthours from a year earlier during the week ending Aug. 14. About 45 percent of U.S. electricity will come from coal plants and 22 percent from natural gas power facilities this year, according to the Energy Department.
Photographer: Steve Hockstein/BloombergCritics aren’t waiting for opening night to pan a Trump administration study on the U.S. power grid they believe will demonize renewable energy while promoting coal and nuclear generation.
The report, ordered up by Energy Secretary Rick Perry and expected this month, will examine whether policies that favor wind and solar energy are accelerating the retirement of coal and nuclear plants needed to ensure reliable power supplies, according to an April 14 obtained by Bloomberg News. Two trade groups released a report in support of renewables Tuesday.