Perry Defends Trump Directive On Coal, Nuclear Plants

WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Energy Secretary Rick Perry is defending President Donald Trump’s call to bolster struggling coal-fired and nuclear power plants, saying a rash of plant retirements is “alarming” and poses a looming crisis for the nation’s power grid.
Experts disagree and say Trump is attempting to solve a problem that doesn’t exist.
In a speech Monday in Austin, Texas, Perry said coal and nuclear plants “are retiring at an alarming rate that