Trump’s Push for Coal Bailout Reflected in Expected FERC Nominee

Greentech Media

The Trump administration is expected to nominate Bernard McNamee to an open seat on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. He was an architect of the Energy Department’s plan to subsidize coal plants; has worked for the Koch-connected Texas Public Policy Foundation, where he wrote this oped celebrating fossil fuels; and is a former staffer for Sen. Ted Cruz.

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