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Richard L. Kauffman, Chairman of Energy and Finances for New York ,left, and Audrey Zibelman, Chairman of New York State Public Service Commission speaks to a joint legislative hearing on the planned closing of the Indian Point Power Plant on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
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Sen. Joseph Griffo, R-Utica, speaks to Richard L. Kauffman, Chairman of Energy and Finances for the state of New York during a joint legislative hearing on the the planned closing of the Indian Point Power Plant on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
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Legislative members of a joint legislative hearing on the the planned closing of the Indian Point Power Plant speak to Richard L. Kauffman, Chairman of Energy and Finances for the state of New York on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
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State Sen. Terrence Murphy ,right, speaks to Richard L. Kauffman, Chairman of Energy and Finances for the state of New York during a joint legislative hearing on the the planned closing of the Indian Point Power Plant on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
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State Sen. Terrence Murphy speaks to Richard L. Kauffman, Chairman of Energy and Finances for the state of New York during a joint legislative hearing on the the planned closing of the Indian Point Power Plant on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
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Audrey Zibelman, Chairman of New York State Public Service Commission speaks to a joint legislative hearing on the planned closing of the Indian Point Power Plant on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
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Indian Point Energy Center is seen in Buchanan, N.Y., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Some New York lawmakers are demanding more information about plans to close Indian Point nuclear plant in suburban New York City by 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Indian Point Energy Center is seen in Buchanan, N.Y., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Some New York lawmakers are demanding more information about plans to close Indian Point nuclear plant in suburban New York City by 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Indian Point Energy Center is seen in Buchanan, N.Y., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Some New York lawmakers are demanding more information about plans to close Indian Point nuclear plant in suburban New York City by 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Indian Point Energy Center is seen in Buchanan, N.Y., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Some New York lawmakers are demanding more information about plans to close Indian Point nuclear plant in suburban New York City by 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Illustration on North Korea strategies by Linas GArsys/The Washington Times
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This photo provided by Tim Creedon shows his baseball and a hailstone that fell in the backyard of Creedon's home in Ottawa, Ill., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has activated the state's emergency operations center as local officials reported damage from tornados spawned by a late-winter storm system. (Tim Creedon via AP)
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President Donald Trump speaks as he signs the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) executive order, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room in the White House in Washington, which directs the Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule, which expands the number of waterways that are federally protected under the Clean Water Act. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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A man walks in the dry lake bed of Lake Tahoe in this photo taken on June 18, 2015 near the dam that normally releases water into the Truckee River at Tahoe City, Calif. The drought-busting snow and rain in the mountains around Tahoe this winter have pushed the lake's level to its highest mark in more than a decade. The federal water master started releasing water into the river last week. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner).
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The dry lake bed of Lake Tahoe is pictured in this photo taken on June 18, 2015 near the dam that normally releases water into the Truckee River at Tahoe City, Calif. The drought-busting snow and rain in the mountains around Tahoe this winter have pushed the lake's level to its highest mark in more than a decade. The federal water master started releasing water into the river last week. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner).
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Water from Lake Tahoe flows into the Truckee River through the dam at Tahoe City, Calif., in this photo taken on Feb. 23, 2017. The drought-busting snow and rain in the mountains around Tahoe have pushed the lake's level to its highest mark in more than a decade. (Jason Bean /The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP)
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The pier in the background of this photograph taken at Lake Tahoe in Tahoe City, Calif., on Feb. 23, 2017 was standing in only a few inches of water in the summer of 2015. The drought-busting snow and rain in the mountains around Tahoe this winter have pushed the lake's level to its highest mark in more than a decade. (Jason Bean/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP)
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The dry lake bed of Lake Tahoe is pictured in this photo taken on June 18, 2015 near the dam that normally releases water into the Truckee River at Tahoe City, Calif. The drought-busting snow and rain in the mountains around Tahoe this winter have pushed the lake's level to its highest mark in more than a decade. The federal water master started releasing water into the river last week. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner).
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President Donald Trump speaks as he signs the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) executive order, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room in the White House in Washington, which directs the Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule, which expands the number of waterways that are federally protected under the Clean Water Act. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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President Donald Trump shakes hands with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt, center, before signing the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) executive order, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room in the White House in Washington, which directs the Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule, which expands the number of waterways that are federally protected under the Clean Water Act. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
