What we're reading: Coal plant order costs Consumers Energy $615K per day

What we're reading: Coal plant order costs Consumers Energy $615K per day

Trump administration’s coal plant order costs Consumers Energy $615K per day Consumers Energy has lost approximately $615,000 daily operating the J.H. Campbell coal plant under Trump administration emergency orders, totaling $80 million in net costs through September. The utility plans to spread costs across 11 Midwestern states, refunding Michigan customers their share. Federal orders delayed the plant’s retirement on the basis of grid reliabil…