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For the next few weeks, you can make your voice heard as LG&E and Kentucky Utilities look for approval to retire some coal-fired and natural gas units.

The company says the decommissioning will happen over the course of 90 days and tiered layoffs will be put in place.

The company says the decommissioning will happen over the course of 90 days and tiered layoffs will be put in place.

[cheers and applause] >> even with scrapping the obama-era clean power plan and $30 million to make coal plans cleaner since president trump took office, u.s. coal consumption has hit 41-year low and coal plant closures have accelerated with the next to fall in december coal units 1 and 2 which have run since 1975. >> there's nothing he can do about it. the market economics are so compelling that needs massive federal subsidies, you couldn't do it economically. >> along with lower prices with wind and solar. coal is on its way out. >> it's just going to become more and more expensive to run a ...

Jenna: plus a new idea for energy in america and once again the government is spending your tax money. this time sinking hundreds of millions of dollars into a plan to build small sized nuclear power plants in a factory and ship them off to other location. we need to hear more about this. senior national correspondent john roberts is live in atlanta. nuclear energy, that is nothing new. what is the deal with the new reactors? are they really a game changer? >> reporter: that remains to be scene seen, jenna. this could be, depending who you talk to a boon or a boondoggle. they're talking about ...