Environmental Groups, AG Weiser Challenge Trump Order to Keep Coal Plant Open

Craig coal station owners say ratepayers will ‘bear the full cost’ of keeping plant open, ask federal government to reverse decision

The owners of a coal-burning power plant in Craig say a recent federal order forcing them to keep one of their units open could raise costs on ratepayers, and asked the U.S. Department of Energy to reconsider its decision.  Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association and the Platte River Power Authority, which co-own Craig Station Unit 1 in Moffat County, filed a petition with the Energy Department on Thursday in a bid to reverse an emerge…

Trump's Push to Save the Coal Industry Is Facing Opposition From the Coal Industry

President Donald Trump signed executive orders to protect coal energy production. Annabelle Gordon/Sipa USA via APThe Trump administration’s efforts to prop up the quickly declining coal industry have run into a problem: Some coal industry players don’t want any part of it.Two Colorado coal plant owners have called the Trump administration’s mandate to keep the facility running past its expiration date a violation of their constitutional rights.…

Environmental groups, AG Weiser challenge Trump order to keep coal plant open

A coalition of environmental groups and Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser filed separate petitions with the Department of Energy Wednesday, challenging an “emergency” order to extend the operation of a northwest Colorado coal plant scheduled to be retired last month.

Colorado co-ops to Trump: Let us close our aging coal plant

The Trump administration is facing lawsuits from states and environmental groups opposing its use of emergency power to force aging coal plants to stay online. Now, add utilities to its list of challengers. Last week, the cooperative utilities Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association and Platte River Power…

Coal plant owners say DOE ‘emergency’ order to run it violates Constitution

By mandating the generator’s availability to operate, the order “constitutes both a physical taking and a regulatory taking” of property by the government without just compensation or due process, they said in a request for rehearing.