Energy Champion of the Month: Jim Justice
February 6, 2026
When Winter Storm Fern slammed large parts of the country, it wasn’t ideology that kept the lights on, it was reliability. As demand surged and temperatures plunged, coal-fired power plants carried the load, providing steady baseload electricity when families needed it most. That’s why this month we’re recognizing Senator Jim Justice as our Energy Champion of the Month. Appearing on Fox News during the storm, Justice cut through the talking points and said what many Americans were experiencing firsthand: it’s time to stop “beating on coal.” While critics have spent years trying to regulate coal out of existence, Winter Storm Fern…