A Recent Policy Will Undermine Our Electricity Infrastructure

On June 1st, the White House announced that President Trump ordered Energy Secretary Rick Perry to take immediate steps to save several coal and nuclear power plants from closing. According to a leaked draft memo, one part of the administration's plan would order grid operators to buy electricity from the power plants in question. One of the justifications for the order is improved "grid resiliency," but it's more likely to do the opposite.