As you may recall, in April 2017, DOE Secretary Perry launched a study of U.S. power
system reliability expressing concerns over baseload coal and nuclear retirements.
Back in April, DOE Secretary Perry issued a memo calling for a
reliability study of U.S. power
systems,
expressing concerns that competitive markets, renewables, and regulations were forcing retirement of baseload (i.e. coal and nuclear) power plants critical to
reliability.