The Trump administration has been plotting to seize the electrical generation sector by executive order, and to invoke false national security claims and inappropriate “emergency” powers to upend the market and force ratepayers and taxpayers to subsidize nuclear and coal plants against their will.

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Meanwhile, grid operators would be required to buy electricity from struggling coal and nuclear plants, creating the equivalent of tariffs guaranteeing large profits for nuclear and coal plants. Grid managers would be forced to buy power from them, even though it’s more expensive than other sources of electricity, including renewables and efficiency.

Interesting. That seems to be the keystone factoid of the article.