Lawmakers grill Perry on travel, grid proposal

As reported by E&E News (the article is behind a pay wall). The article begins:

Energy Secretary Rick Perry defended his private airplane travel and his plan to alter electricity markets this morning in the face of strong questioning from House lawmakers.

The alteration to electricity markets refers to proposed massive subsidies, at ratepayer expense, to "compensate" dirty, dangerous, and expensive coal and nuclear plants for bogus "reliability and resilience" benefits.

Perry's recent trips using expensive chartered air travel included a visit to a coal mine in PA, and a uranium enrichment plant in OH. At the same time, atom splitters and coal burners in OH -- namely, FirstEnergy -- and its local supporters have been lobbying Perry for bailouts to keep the dangerously age-degraded Davis-Besse nuclear reactor, and polluting coal plants, operating despite their inability to compete in electricity markets.