Trump administration orders Michigan coal plant to stay open

The U.S. Energy Department has ordered a Michigan coal-fired powerfulness works to stay open, astatine slightest until precocious August

DETROIT -- The U.S. Energy Department ordered a Michigan coal-fired powerfulness works to stay open, astatine slightest until precocious August, citing imaginable energy shortfalls successful the cardinal U.S.

State regulators instantly fired back, saying it's unnecessary to support Consumers Energy's J.H. Campbell works open. It was expected to adjacent May 31.

“We presently nutrient much vigor successful Michigan than needed. As a result, determination is nary existing vigor exigency successful either Michigan oregon MISO,” said Dan Scripps, seat of the Michigan Public Service Commission.

MISO stands for Midcontinent Independent System Operator, which manages the travel of energy successful 15 U.S. states and Manitoba successful Canada.

MISO's forecast says determination should beryllium capable energy successful the portion this summer, though "there is the imaginable for elevated hazard during utmost weather."

Consumers plans to adjacent Campbell arsenic portion of a modulation to cleaner energy. The powerfulness works opened successful 1962 successful occidental Michigan's Ottawa County, adjacent Lake Michigan. It tin make up to 1,450 megawatts of energy to service up to 1 cardinal people, the inferior said.

“MISO and Consumers Energy shall instrumentality each measures indispensable to guarantee that the Campbell Plant is disposable to operate,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Friday.

The inferior said it volition comply with the order, which expires Aug. 21.

“We are pausing decommissioning activities astatine the Campbell works and volition run it successful compliance with the order, moving successful conjunction with MISO,” spokesperson Brian Wheeler said.

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