FERC CHAIRMAN SAYS PERRY’S COAL, NUCLEAR PLAN NOT AN ‘OBVIOUS FIT’: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Kevin McIntyre says Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s proposed use of a Cold War-era law to help out coal and nuclear plants is “perhaps not the most obvious fit” when considering how to handle power plant retirements.

“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.