DOE Plans to Prop up Dirty Coal Plants

DOE Plans to Prop up Dirty Coal Plants

The Department of Energy published the plans it will use to try to boost coal and other fossil fuels on the electric grid, falsely claiming it will need to keep old, polluting plants on-line to protect the reliability of the power grid. The new report follows by just days the passage of the congressional tax bill in a party-line vote that stymies the additions of low-cost and much-needed new solar, wind and battery power. Analysts predict that t…