Energy groups push FERC to make changes recommended in Perry’s grid study

Published August 28, 2017 4:01am ET



Coal and nuclear industry groups are pressing the nation’s top grid watchdog to begin implementing policy changes outlined in Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s new grid reliability study aimed at saving their power plants from closing.

The bulk of the changes recommended in the report would have to be made by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which regulates the interstate electricity markets that the study focuses on, to fix many of the problems affecting coal and nuclear plants.

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