States, Enviro Groups Fight Trump Plan to Keep Dirty Power Plants…

States, enviro groups fight Trump plan to keep dirty power plants…

In late spring, the Department of Energy ordered two aging and costly fossil-fueled power plants that were on the verge of shutting down to stay open. The agency claimed that the moves were necessary to prevent the power grid from collapsing — and that it has the power to force the plants to stay open even if the…

States, Enviro Groups Fight Trump Plan To Keep Dirty… - Data Intelligence

Utility regulators from MISO states including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin made a similar argument in their rehearing request to the DOE. ​“This expansive use of emergency powers sets a troubling precedent, enabling intervention in routine, state-approved planning decisions without an actual crisis,” they wrote. ​“Such preemptive action risks undermining the credibility of future emergency orders, distort…