Meanwhile, behind the scenes...

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Meanwhile, behind the scenes, Trump continues to tilt federal agencies against their missions. The weakening of the Federal government continues according to plan.... From the article:

"FERC is charged with ensuring that power markets are competitive, nondiscriminatory, and protect consumers. To carry out this mission, it is specifically designed to be politically independent. McNamee, in contrast, has a long history of advocating a pro-fossil fuel, anti-renewable energy agenda. He was a key player in the Trump Administration’s first (and failed) attempt to force FERC to bailout uneconomic coal and nuclear plants and has called for a unified campaign to support fossil fuels, claiming that renewables somehow “screw up the physics of the grid.” The Trump Administration’s second bailout proposal will almost certainly come before FERC in the near future, also creating an obvious conflict of interest."

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https://blog.ucsusa.org/sam-gomberg/three-ways-a-trump-ferc-could-negatively-impact-us