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Under President Donald Trump, the Department of Energy is requiring old fossil fuel power plants set for retirement to keep running under claims of an energy “emergency,” in some cases ignoring air pollution limits and cheaper solar and wind power.

So far this year, the administration has ordered a coal-fired power plant in Michigan to delay retirement, as well as a plant that burns natural gas and oil in Pennsylvania, and a mainly oil-fired power plant in Maryland. Among the justifications some of the orders cited was Trump’s Jan. 20 declaration of an alleged energy “emergency” in the U.S. – despite federal data showing record-breaking energy production in recent years.

The administration’s orders to continue running the J.H. Campbell coal plant in West Olive, Michigan, has cost Midwestern ratepayers $80 million since May, operator Consumers Energy said in regulatory filings. Keeping the plant running costs $615,385 per day, the company's CEO told investors in a recent call.

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