Court voids DOE emergency to keep coal plant online

A DC Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously voided the Department of Energy’s emergency declaration aimed at forcing Michigan’s J.H. Campbell coal plant to stay open, finding no proven emergency or shortfall and noting that planned closures and grid-operating processes already addressed reliability. The decision curtails DOE power to compel generation and could reverse similar orders, allowing Michigan to proceed with the planned shutdown and potentially reducing costs for ratepayers while signaling limits on federal intervention in generation facilities.