Trump energy chief outlines coal’s ‘crucial’ role in affordability as admin pushes to keep plants running

Energy Secretary Christopher Wright affirmed the Trump administration’s plan to keep U.S. coal-fired power plants operating amid rising electricity prices and increasing grid reliability concerns tied to growing demand.

"It's crucial to the reliability and affordability of electricity in the U.S.," he told FOX Business on Monday.

"The states that have rushed to close their coal plants have also had rapidly escalating electricity prices. Americans don't like that. President Trump doesn't...