Rick Perry’s Likely Successor Wants to Rescue Coal Plants Too
- Deputy Energy Secretary Brouillette seen as next agency chief
- Perry told confidants he will leave Trump’s cabinet this year
Dan Brouillette speaks at EPA headquarters on June 19.
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The man seen as most likely to replace Rick Perry as U.S. energy secretary is a backer of his boss’s efforts to help unprofitable coal and nuclear plants.
Perry told confidants in recent days that he plans to resign from the Trump administration by the end of the year, according to two people familiar with the matter.