The Trump Admin Ordered a Coal Power Plant to Stay on Past Retirement. Customers in 15 States Will Foot the Bill | News Channel 3-12

Coal and Gas Plants Were Closing. Then Trump Ordered Them to Keep Running.

A 63-year-old coal-fired power plant was scheduled to permanently close its doors in Michigan on June 1. So was an oil- and gas-powered plant that was built in the 1960s in Pennsylvania. But at the last minute, the Trump administration ordered both to stay open. The orders came as it pursues a far-reaching plan to boost fossil fuels, including coal, by declaring a national “energy emergency.” The grid operators in Michigan and Pennsylvania said …

The Trump admin ordered a coal power plant to stay on past retirement. Customers in 15 states will foot the bill

An aging coal power plant slated to shutter will run through the summer at the order of Energy Sec. Chris Wright, a decision that could cost Midwest energy customers tens of millions of dollars.

Trump blocks aging Michigan coal plant closure, igniting clash over clean energy rollback

A surprise federal order has forced Michigan to keep open an aging coal plant that state regulators and the utility had planned to shut down, highlighting President Trump’s push to revive fossil fuel power through federal intervention.Evan Halper and Jake Spring report for The Washington Post.In short:The Trump administration used emergency authority to stop the closure of the J.H. Campbell coal plant in Michigan, despite opposition from the pla…

Can Trump's order to keep a Michigan coal plant open be stopped?

Environmental advocates say Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel could petition to stop the order. A Republican lawmaker suggests DTE's Monroe plant should also stay online.

Trump Order Pumps Pollution and Dumps Ratepayers

CNN: An aging coal power plant that was supposed to shutter last week will run throughout the summer at the order of President Donald Trump’s Energy Sec. Chris Wright, a decision that could cost Midwest energy customers tens of millions of dollars. The last-minute federal order to keep the J.H. Campbell plant operating came as … Continue reading "Trump Order Pumps Pollution and Dumps Ratepayers"

Memo highlighting challenges facing Trump’s Michigan coal plant bailout disappears from Department of Energy website

A Department of Energy memorandum identified significant logistical challenges facing the Trump administration’s last-minute order to prevent the closure of the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in Michigan.  Secretary of Energy Chris Wright issued the order on May 23, just eight days before the plant was scheduled to shut down on May 31st. Wright’s order invokes wartime powers typically reserved for temporary electric grid emergencies relate…