I see that the U.S. is finally going to get serious about our energy infrastructure:
One announcement Trump is set to make is the allocation of $425 million in Defense Production Act (DPA) funds to aid 13 coal plants in Arizona, Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, per the official. Funding will also support coal mines in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
The official noted that funding will enable coal plants to extend their operational life through investment in upgrades, strengthen grid reliability, and prevent electricity prices from surging with demand.
So because it’s being funded by the DPA (as it should be), there’s no haggling with Congress required. But the very next little addendum is what got me giggling:
The president is also expected to tell reporters that $75 million in DPA funding will help construct a coal-export terminal in Oakland, California, the official said.
One wonders what the Watermelons in California will think of their beloved Golden Shower State becoming a conduit for the EEEEVIL COLE to be sent out to pollute other nations’ air. Maybe their feelings will be assuaged by this:
The West Gateway project is anticipated to create 1,400 on-site jobs and support thousands more in the western states.
…not that California ever cared about those icky blue-collar jobs, though.
There’s a lot more good news, but read the rest of the thing to get it all.
I personally think that the coal-mining industry would be far better served by the elimination of most if not all of the tiresome Obama/Biden-era EPA restrictions, but that would involve Congress and we all know what horrors, foot-dragging and tantrums that would cause.