Climate Changed
Trump Backs Kentucky Power Plant Burning Coal From Donor Murray
- TVA’s Paradise 3 power plant gets coal from Murray Energy
- President may not have authority to influence federal agency
An electrical transformer stands behind the Tennessee Valley Authority Paradise Fossil Plant in Paradise, Kentucky.
Photographer: Luke Sharett/Bloomberg
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Donald Trump is lobbying a federally owned entity to continue operating a Kentucky coal-fired power plant that gets its fuel from a longtime supporter of the president.
Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin are all urging the Tennessee Valley Authority not to shut the Bluegrass State’s aging Paradise Fossil Plant unit 3 ahead of a TVA board meeting Thursday. The government-owned generator has been mulling whether to close the facility because of flat power demand and rising costs.