Michigan Coal Plant Cost $29 Million over 5 Weeks to Keep Running Under Trump Order

Michigan coal plant cost $29 million over 5 weeks to keep running under Trump order

OTTAWA COUNTY, MI - In a little more than five weeks, Consumers Energy poured $29 million into keeping an aging coal power plant online past its intended shutdown date under an emergency order from the Trump administration.

Consumers Energy spends millions keeping coal plant open per fed order

The utility expects the cost to be shared by customers in the north and central regions of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator.

Federal order to keep West Michigan coal plant open cost $29M in the first month

A U.S. Department of Energy order in May to keep a large coal-fired power plant along Lake Michigan operating past its planned closure date cost $29 million in the first five weeks. Consumers Energy parent company CMS Energy Corp. (NYSE: CMS), owner of the J.H. Campbell coal plant in West Olive... Please login to read all 517 words.