text: Murkowski's comments were referencing coal-fueled power plants that are already due to be shut down based on regulations from 5 years ago, before the proposed CPP additionally reduces supply. Affirming Murkowski's comments, Nicholas Akins, president and CEO of Ohio-based American Electric Power Company Inc., sees the 2014 near crisis as a warning sign. At that same hearing he said: "The weather events experienced this winter provided an early warning about serious issues with electric supply and reliability. This country did not just dodge a bulletwe dodged a cannonball."