Energy Secretary Rick Perry today downplayed the likelihood his agency will use emergency authority under the Federal Power Act to subsidize coal and nuclear plants but kept alive the possibility of pulling another policy lever with a similar goal. The Department of Energy has been weighing for months how to respond to what it sees as an imminent electric grid crisis caused by the closures of coal and nuclear facilities. Among other options, it has considered issuing an emergency order under Section 202c of the FPA, which empowers DOE to order temporary connections for the generation, delivery, interchange or transmission of electricity. Critics have said there is no immediate crisis to respond to and that using the emergency authority would be unprecedented and likely illegal.
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机译：能源部长里克·佩里（Rick Perry）今天低估了他的机构将根据《联邦电力法》（Federal Power Act）使用紧急授权来补贴燃煤和核电站的可能性，但仍保留了拉开另一个具有类似目标的政策杠杆的可能性。能源部几个月来一直在考虑如何应对由于煤炭和核设施关闭而造成的即将来临的电网危机。除其他选择外，它还考虑根据FPA第202c条发布紧急命令，该命令使DOE能够命令临时连接以进行发电，输送，交换或传输。批评人士说，没有立即的危机可以应对，使用紧急救援机构将是前所未有的，而且很可能是非法的。
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