Study: Trump’s coal bailout could cost $17.2 billion per year

Published July 19, 2018 9:00am ET



President Trump’s plan to save coal and nuclear power plants could cost a whopping $17.2 billion per year, a new study funded by opponents of the bailout said Thursday.

The report by the consulting and engineering firm Brattle looked at two scenarios to assess the possible cost of a Trump power plant bailout that range from $16.7 billion to 17.2, far exceeding a recent estimate from a coal group that said it would cost $4 billion per year.

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