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Emergency powers to restart coal plants? It could be in the cards, Interior Secretary suggests

The U.S. could deploy emergency powers to restart closed coal plants and prevent more from closing, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told Bloomberg Television this week.
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Bitcoin miner close to acquiring to Pennsylvania coal plants

The 85 MW Scrubgrass and 80 MW Panther Creek plants would power the company’s mining operations.
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Minnesota Power proposes coal exit, 90% renewable portfolio by 2035

The utility expects to replace coal with primarily natural gas combined-cycle generation.
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Georgia was about to retire coal plants. Then came the data centers.

Utilities nationwide are falling back on fossil fuels to meet huge energy demand.
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Arizona utilities team up for new nuclear deployment, including at retired coal plants

The utilities have been monitoring emerging nuclear technologies and said they have a mutual interest in evaluating their potential to support growing energy needs in…
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Alberta was still building coal units 11 years ago. By 2023 it will be coal-free.

By 2023 Canada’s fourth-largest province will be fully transitioned from coal-fired electricity. It represents quite a shift, as coal represented more than half of Alberta’s…
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Explaining the delays of U.S. coal plant retirements

Citing project delays and concerns about energy shortages, at least six coal-fired plants have pushed back their closure dates in 2022.
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Ohio utilities ask Trump to ease rules around toxic coal ash

The EPA in 2015 implemented a rule requiring that utilities make sure such poisons can’t seep out of their coal ash impoundments and into the surrounding water supply. The utilities asking that it be repealed have declared it to be ineffective — and they say they can’t afford to comply with it.
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Oil and coal burners offset curtailed natural gas generation during recent cold in New England

The region also received consistent imports of power from Canada.
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Xcel Energy converts Texas coal plant to gas

HarringtonGenerating Station was the company’s first coal-fueled power plant in Texas when Unit 1 went into service in 1976.
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Georgia Power proposes uprates, life extensions for generation assets in latest resource plan

Over the next six years, Georgia Power projects approximately 8,200 megawatts (MW) of electrical load growth – an increase of more than 2,200 MW compared…
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Two fossil-fired plants get a life extension as part of PJM agreement

The “reliability-must-run” agreement is intended to provide the power necessary to maintain reliability until necessary transmission upgrades are completed.
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What’s next for coal-fired power under Trump?

Surging electricity demand and concerns about grid reliability are expected to prompt delays in retiring coal plants.
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Has Trump changed the retirement plans for the country’s largest coal plants?

Ahead of a new administration, we revisit the outlook for the largest coal burners and consider how growth in electricity demand is leading to talk…
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Eight Indiana coal sites offer ‘intriguing opportunities’ for nuclear plants, per new Purdue study

01.09.2025
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Ameren Missouri ordered to pay $61M for Clean Air Act violations at Rush Island coal plant

01.08.2025
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Indiana data center could soon be powered by coal

01.08.2025
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South Texas coal-fired power plant to switch to clean energy after receiving more than $1 billion in federal money

01.07.2025
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Consumers Energy reaches agreement to remove, repurpose coal ash from retiring plant

01.06.2025
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Delaware’s last coal plant to close ahead of schedule

12.30.2024
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A collective ‘mountain of coal’ at U.S. plants, per report

12.23.2024
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Vistra connects two new solar projects, extends life of 1,185-MW Baldwin coal plant in Illinois

12.19.2024
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Pennsylvania’s largest coal plant likely to get new life as natural gas plant

12.09.2024
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Key partner withdraws from large-scale CO2 capture project

12.05.2024
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New Utah legislation looks to protect coal power generation as plant prepares to hand over the reins

11.25.2024
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Ameren Missouri reaches agreement with federal prosecutors to offset clean air violations

11.07.2024
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