Trump Admin Takes Emergency Action To Keep Michigan Coal Plant Open
Washington Free BeaconMAY 24
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This federal intervention undermines Michigan's carefully planned transition to clean energy and unnecessarily prolongs the operation of a polluting facility. The order ignores state-level planning that has already ensured adequate power supplies, while forcing customers to bear increased costs for running an aging, inefficient coal plant that should be retired as scheduled.