The Trump administration is urgently addressing the power bill crisis by continuing to use emergency authority to prevent coal-fired power plants from retiring, Bloomberg reports, citing sources. This comes after years of failed green energy policies pushed by climate grifters on the left collide with soaring power demand from AI data centers. The toxic combination has sparked a power crisis across Mid-Atlantic states – one that Energy Secretary Chris Wright says keeps him “up at night.” Even corporate media is now beginning to recognize the severity of the crisis as it now becomes a “major political issue” and liability for Democrats.
The Energy Department has already issued emergency orders to keep two fossil fuel plants open (a Michigan coal plant owned by Consumers Energy and a Pennsylvania oil-gas generator owned by Constellation Energy), and plans will include other fossil fuel power generation plants in the weeks and months ahead. There are approximately 8.1 GW of coal power capacity, or about 5% of the U.S. fleet, slated for retirement this year, according to the latest EIA data.
“I think this administration’s policy is going to be to stop the closure of coal plants,” Wright told the audience Wednesday during an event hosted by the New York Times. He said retiring coal-fired power plants “that are working today” would send power prices higher, and derail efforts to reindustrialize the U.S. economy.
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