Largest U.S. Grid Operator Opposes Perry’s Plan to Save Coal
- PJM Interconnection CEO calls pricing proposal ‘unworkable’
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The biggest U.S. grid operator is asking regulators to reject Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s plan to prop up ailing coal and nuclear plants.
"I don’t know how this proposal could be implemented without a detrimental impact on the market," Andrew Ott, who heads up PJM Interconnection LLC, told reporters by phone Monday. Perry’s proposal is "discriminatory" and inconsistent with federal law, Ott said.