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Mark Takano: On Friday, the Secretary of Energy submitted a proposed rule to the Federal Energy Regulation Commission, otherwise…

On the recordOctober 2, 2017
On Friday, the Secretary of Energy submitted a proposed rule to the Federal Energy Regulation Commission, otherwise known as FERC, with the explicit purpose of adjusting market rules to favor coal and nuclear power plants.
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Mark Takano
Democratic · California

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Takano discusses a proposed rule favoring coal and nuclear energy over renewables.

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