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Coal Plant Ordered To Stay Open, Again

By Mary Ellen Murphy Nov 20, 2025 | 6:12 AM

(Ottawa County, MI) – For a third time this year, the Trump administration is ordering Consumers Energy to keep its J.H. Campbell coal plant running. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright has issued a third emergency order, which will keep the plant open for at least 90 more days. The plant had been slated to close in May, but the administration ordered a first emergency order before the plant could close. Then in August, a second 90-day order was given.

Secretary Wright says that the Department of Energy is ordering the plant to remain open due to a shortage of electric energy in the area.

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