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Rejection of subsidies for coal and nuclear power is a win for fact-based policymaking

  • Written by Ellen Hughes-Cromwick, Senior Economist and Interim Associate Director of Social Science and Policy, University of Michigan Energy Institute, University of Michigan
Coal stockpile at Valley Power Plant, Milwaukee, Wis.Michael Pereckas, CC BY

Energy Secretary Rick Perry has repeatedly expressed concern over the past year about the reliability of our national electric power grid. On Sept. 28, 2017, Perry ordered the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to revise wholesale electricity market rules to help ensure...

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