Colorado AG, Environmental Groups Challenge Trump Administration Order Requiring Craig Coal Plant to Remain in Operation

Fighting Back: Utilities Challenge Coal Power Plant Emergency

Two major utilities are protesting a federal order requiring them to operate the Craig Unit 1 coal power plant in Colorado, originally scheduled to retire on December 31 of 2025. The post Fighting Back: Utilities Challenge Coal Emergency Order appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Colorado AG, environmental groups challenge Trump administration order requiring Craig coal plant to remain in operation

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and a coalition of environmental groups on Wednesday asked the U.S. Department of Energy to rescind its recent order requiring a coal-burning power plant in northwest Colorado to remain operational one day before it was scheduled to close.  The aging Craig Station Unit 1 plant in Moffat County was slated to shut down at the end of 2025, but Energy Secretary Chris Wright issued an emergency order on Dec. 30 e…

Tri-State says no thanks to federal orders to keep Craig coal power plant open

Tri-State Generation and partner Platte River Power Authority had a “respectful” but emphatic response late Thursday to the Trump administration ordering them to keep Craig’s Unit 1 coal-fired plant open

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and Utilities Intervene Against Craig 202(c) Order

This week Colorado utilities filed a request for reconsideration against the Trump administration's illegal coal orders following similar requests from public interest groups and Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser. Tri-State Generation and Transmission and Platte River Power Authority's (PRPA) argue the federal government's intervention to keep the Craig 1 coal unit operating violates ... [continued] The post Colorado Attorney General Phil We…