Heinrich Questions Energy Department On Rationale For Subsidizing Coal Under National Security Guise

During an Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) questions the Department of Energy's rationale for subsidizing uneconomic coal plants. Senator Heinrich pressed Bernard McNamee, Executive Director, Office of Policy, U.S. Department of Energy, on the Trump Administration's unprecedented directive to the Department of Energy to require rate-payers to subsidize certain resources, coal-fired and nuclear power plants, under the guise of national security.