Mail Call! Concerns Raised Over Grid Study (Politico Morning Energy)

(WASHINGTON, DC) -- Seven Senate Energy and Natural Resources Democrats, led by Ranking Member Maria Cantwell, are crying foul this morning over the Energy Department's 60-day study of the electric grid that they say appears intended to blame renewable energy sources for the struggles of nuclear and coal. "This study appears to be a thinly-disguised attempt to promote less economic electric generation technologies, such as coal and nuclear, at the expense of cost-competitive wind and solar power," they write in a letter. The letter encourages Secretary Rick Perry to adequately consider other factors, like low natural gas prices and existing analyses showing positive impacts of renewable sources on grid reliability, when conducting the review.