Debate Over Coal Plant Closures and Cost Sharing Continues
TL;DR
FERC approved cost recovery pathways for Consumers Energy and Constellation Energy to cover expenses incurred from DOE-mandated operations of power plants planned for retirement, affecting regions served by MISO and PJM, amidst ongoing legal and regulatory debates about fossil fuel plant retirements and emergency orders.
- FERC approves cost allocation paths for power plants DOE ordered to run past shutdown dates Utility Dive
- Michigan utility customers to share costs of keeping coal plant open with 10 states MLive.com
- 'No energy rate hike': Advocates call for closure of J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant WWMT
- Protestors rally in Holland, call for Campbell coal plant to close WV News
- Will Consumers Energy have to keep an old, polluting coal burning plant open? We'll find out this week. Michigan Public
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