So Ordered?
Based in part on the Department of Energy's Section 202(c)
authority under the Federal Power Act, which allows DOE to order plants
to remain open during times of emergency, the memo would have DOE
"direct the purchase of power or electric generation capacity from a
designated list of facilities 'to forestall any future actions toward
retirement, decommissioning or deactivation.'"
This memo comes in the wake of
FirstEnergy's DOE petition
after it announced nuclear plant closures in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
There is no indication that President Trump has signed off on the memo
or when an order might be issued.
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