Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Kevin McIntyre said Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s proposed use of a Cold War-era law to help coal and nuclear plants is “perhaps not the most obvious fit.”

“It’s perhaps not the most obvious fit,” but “I am sure DOE has a handle on that issue,” McIntyre said. Perry is considering using the 1950s Defense Production Act or another related law that were meant to keep power plants running during wartime.

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