Five Questions on Trump’s Coal, Nuke Bailout

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June 11, 2018

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"Brian C. Prest and Karen L. Palmer, fellows with nonpartisan think tank Resources for the Future, wrotelast week about the questions raised by DOE’s proposed Strategic Electric Generation Reserve. Among them: the size of the reserve, how generators would be procured and whether those selected be permitted to participate in or return to the energy markets."

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Karen Palmer

Senior Fellow

Karen Palmer is a senior fellow at Resources for the Future and an expert on the economics of environmental, climate and public utility regulation of the electric power sector.

Brian C. Prest

Fellow; Director, Social Cost of Carbon Initiative

Brian Prest is an economist and fellow at Resources for the Future specializing in climate change, oil and gas, and energy economics.

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