{"id":17588,"date":"2018-04-12T12:31:29","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T16:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?p=17588"},"modified":"2018-04-12T12:59:23","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T16:59:23","slug":"trump-may-greenlight-an-8-billion-attack-on-competitive-energy-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2018\/04\/12\/trump-may-greenlight-an-8-billion-attack-on-competitive-energy-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump may greenlight an $8 billion attack on competitive energy markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"speakable-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2018\/04\/https_2F2Fspecials-images.forbesimg.com2Fdam2Fimageserve2F417670282F960x0-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-17589 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2018\/04\/https_2F2Fspecials-images.forbesimg.com2Fdam2Fimageserve2F417670282F960x0-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2018\/04\/https_2F2Fspecials-images.forbesimg.com2Fdam2Fimageserve2F417670282F960x0-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2018\/04\/https_2F2Fspecials-images.forbesimg.com2Fdam2Fimageserve2F417670282F960x0-1-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2018\/04\/https_2F2Fspecials-images.forbesimg.com2Fdam2Fimageserve2F417670282F960x0-1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>President Trump may soon grossly distort competitive markets for electricity. Last week, he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.utilitydive.com\/news\/trump-looking-at-emergency-order-to-save-pjm-coal-nuclear-plants\/520740\/?stream=top-stories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.utilitydive.com\/news\/trump-looking-at-emergency-order-to-save-pjm-coal-nuclear-plants\/520740\/?stream=top-stories\">announced<\/a>\u00a0his consideration of a request for \u201c202(c),\u201d by which he means an $8 billion proposal to bail out\u00a0<u>all\u00a0<\/u>merchant coal and nuclear plants in a region that spans across 13 Midwestern and Mid-Atlantic states.<\/p>\n<p>The request comes from FirstEnergy, the Ohio-based utility giant that has sought billions of bailout dollars over the last decade to cover\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edf.org\/content\/firstenergys-history-bad-business-decisions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.edf.org\/content\/firstenergys-history-bad-business-decisions\">its bad business decisions<\/a>. Although repeatedly rebuked by federal and state regulators, the company recently asked the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to bail out coal and nuclear units in the PJM-grid operator region by invoking section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act. Using this power would require the Department to find that additional compensation to these plants is necessary due to an \u201cemergency\u201d on the grid. The audacious proposal would bail out not only FirstEnergy\u2019s facilities, but\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2018\/04\/Protest-of-PJM-Consumer-Representatives_FES-Emergency-Order-Request-A6290222.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2018\/04\/Protest-of-PJM-Consumer-Representatives_FES-Emergency-Order-Request-A6290222.pdf\">more than 80<\/a>\u00a0coal and nuclear units throughout PJM, the largest grid-operator region in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>The plea aims to increase electricity bills by a staggering\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2018\/04\/Joint-EDF-NRDC-Letter-to-DOE-re-FES-202-Request.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2018\/04\/Joint-EDF-NRDC-Letter-to-DOE-re-FES-202-Request.pdf\">$8 billion annually<\/a>. It also would insulate old, dirty power plants from competition \u2013 protecting them from markets where more affordable resources like solar, wind and natural gas are helping to drive down electricity bills for Americans.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Independent generators and owners of wind farms and natural gas power plants recognize that massive preferences given to coal and nuclear will stifle innovation and modern technologies. According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/economy\/this-is-a-test-case-for-whether-trump-is-really-serious-about-saving-coal-and-nuclear-plants\/2018\/04\/03\/8db450a6-36a6-11e8-8fd2-49fe3c675a89_story.html?utm_term=.b0eac4aa954f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/economy\/this-is-a-test-case-for-whether-trump-is-really-serious-about-saving-coal-and-nuclear-plants\/2018\/04\/03\/8db450a6-36a6-11e8-8fd2-49fe3c675a89_story.html?utm_term=.b0eac4aa954f\">NRG\u2019s general counsel<\/a>, the FirstEnergy proposal is \u201ccorporate welfare, and it is not something we should tolerate because all it does is make consumers pay more for power plants that should go through belt-tightening or leave the market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturers, farmers, and other consumers of electricity also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2018\/04\/Protest-of-PJM-Consumer-Representatives_FES-Emergency-Order-Request-A6290222.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2018\/04\/Protest-of-PJM-Consumer-Representatives_FES-Emergency-Order-Request-A6290222.pdf\">oppose<\/a>\u00a0the plan, objecting to the higher costs for power that would result from the proposed bailout.<\/p>\n<p>[Tweet &#8220;Trump may greenlight an $8 billion attack on competitive energy markets&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Even PJM calculated that FirstEnergy\u2019s clunkers can close and the lights will stay on. In fact, the regional grid operator responded to FirstEnergy\u2019s request\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ben_Geman\/status\/979433458706649090\/photo\/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthinkprogress.org%2Ffirstenergy-seeks-emergency-bailout-from-rick-perry-7fcb0fa24185%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ben_Geman\/status\/979433458706649090\/photo\/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthinkprogress.org%2Ffirstenergy-seeks-emergency-bailout-from-rick-perry-7fcb0fa24185%2F\">with an unequivocal message<\/a>: \u201cThis is not an issue of reliability. There is no immediate emergency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>FirstEnergy\u2019s proposal is very similar to one unanimously rejected recently by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. A DOE assistant secretary also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.utilitydive.com\/news\/doe-would-never-use-emergency-order-for-uneconomic-plants-walker-says-1\/517455\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.utilitydive.com\/news\/doe-would-never-use-emergency-order-for-uneconomic-plants-walker-says-1\/517455\/\">said the agency \u201cwould never use\u201d<\/a>\u00a0its emergency authority to keep uneconomic plants operating.<\/p>\n<p>Yet such substantial opposition, evidence, and logic do not guarantee the expensive proposal\u2019s demise. FirstEnergy launched its plea with a lobbying frenzy, including two of its high-powered representatives recently\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/former-perry-adviser-miller-lobbies-for-firstenergy-9d2c235a7cf5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/former-perry-adviser-miller-lobbies-for-firstenergy-9d2c235a7cf5\/\">dining<\/a>\u00a0with President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>America\u2019s competitive energy markets are ushering in a new era of cleaner, cheaper, and more efficient electricity. But FirstEnergy\u2019s dangerous proposal seeks to undermine competition by guaranteeing profits for uneconomic power plants and thwarting innovation and progress. Proponents of open markets need to make their voices heard, and soon.<\/p>\n<p><em>This post originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/edfenergyexchange\/2018\/04\/11\/trump-may-greenlight-an-8-billion-attack-on-competitive-energy-markets\/#6330ba6c33d8\">Forbes<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump may soon grossly distort competitive markets for electricity. Last week, he\u00a0announced\u00a0his consideration of a request for \u201c202(c),\u201d by which he means an $8 billion proposal to bail out\u00a0all\u00a0merchant coal and nuclear plants in a region that spans across 13 Midwestern and Mid-Atlantic states. The request comes from FirstEnergy, the Ohio-based utility giant that &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39893,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42996,46898],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-17588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-smart-power","category-firstenergy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trump may greenlight an $8 billion attack on competitive energy markets - Energy Exchange<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2018\/04\/12\/trump-may-greenlight-an-8-billion-attack-on-competitive-energy-markets\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump may greenlight an $8 billion attack on competitive energy markets - Energy Exchange\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Trump may soon grossly distort competitive markets for electricity. 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