And just a few weeks ago, Perry told a major energy conference that his grid study was “a critical review of regulatory burdens placed by the previous administration on baseload generators.” He claimed that “over the last several years, grid experts have expressed concern about the erosion of critical baseload resources.”
Ironically, the very next speaker, Colette Honorable, a commissioner at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), disputed Perry. “I have seen no problems with reliability,” she said. “Bring on more renewables.”