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Trump Orders Michigan Coal Plant to Stay Open

Trump Orders Michigan Coal Plant to Stay Open Amid Grid Debate

Published MAY 28

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Above: general view of the U.S. Department of Energy on February 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. Image credit: ***Please Replace***Anna Moneymaker/Staff/Getty Images News via Getty Images

The Spin

The emergency order represents a crucial step to protect grid reliability and prevent potential blackouts during peak summer demand. Keeping the Campbell plant operational provides essential baseload power that can't be reliably replaced by intermittent renewable sources, ensuring energy security for Michigan residents and preventing unnecessary risks to the power supply.

Washington Free Beacon

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.

Canary Media

Metaculus Prediction

There is a 50% chance that fossil fuels will make up less than 50% of United States primary energy consumption by 2040, according to the Metaculus prediction community.