The White House is preparing to bail out struggling coal and nuclear power plants, with a meeting scheduled for Friday.

The Trump administration’s plan includes ordering federally-overseen grid operators to buy electricity from the power plants, allowing them to evade market pressures and keep running, according to a copy of a White House draft memo reviewed by the Washington Examiner.

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