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Report Projects DOE Coal, Nuclear Bailout Costs Could Top $34 Billion

July 23, 2018

Analysis out this week from The Brattle Group estimates the Trump administration’s coal and nuclear support plan could cost between $9.7 billion and $17.2 billion annually.

Working off of the scant details presented in a draft memorandum released by Bloomberg in May, The Brattle Group analyzed several scenarios the administration might employ to support nuclear and coal-fired power plants.

One assumes the government would pay an average $50-per-kilowatt flat rate to all plants, costing $16.7 billion a year.

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