President Trump ordered Energy Secretary Rick Perry to take “immediate steps” to save ailing coal and nuclear power plants from closing, the White House announced Friday afternoon.
“President Donald J. Trump believes in total energy independence and dominance, and that keeping America’s energy grid and infrastructure strong and secure protects our national security, public safety, and economy from intentional attacks and natural disasters,” according to a White House statement.
“Unfortunately, impending retirements of fuel-secure power facilities are leading to a rapid depletion of a critical part of our nation’s energy mix, and impacting the resilience of our power grid.”
Trump wants Perry to prepare recommendations before taking action to keep the plants from closing.
The announcement came after a memo was leaked Thursday night ahead of a Friday meeting of the National Security Council to discuss a way to save the nation’s coal and nuclear power plants, which are being out-competed by low-cost natural gas plants.
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