Trump Administration continues to extend operations at West Michigan coal plant • Michigan Advance

Trump Administration continues to extend operations at West Michigan coal plant • Michigan Advance Further north along Michigan’s western coastline, a coal-fired power plant set to close down in May got another extension from the Trump administration. In an order signed Tuesday, Secretary of Energy Chris Wright renewed his direction to utility Consumers Energy to hold off on shutting down the facility, which the administration deemed necessary to stave off blackouts. The latest order, https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2025-11/Order%20No%20202-25-9.pdf?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9oNcEBv0qyqZCkJ16ln7BJKXBa49If_8aSor0M-z7a2x6zPLK7AtlvQXQzGYMB8vDzYHnjC3PHaBjGOzDjQpAjszHjVo7Cqd6xwpkJp1r8dwoSB5Q&_hsmi=390857081 Michigan Advance noted, https://michiganadvance.com/2025/11/19/trump-administration-continues-to-extend-operations-at-west-michigan-coal-plant/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz--DoVI1m5j4QzzBmQDAmdyXjBV_f1w5WNnzBzCCiOPK1rBcxvmivq5_irjyzoUJDP57EcyKrOWYPs5DbfqcsCYBz6Zky-LJCL-KaQlzQDdclFrTefc&_hsmi=390857081 extends until February 17, 2026. President Donald Trump’s efforts to prop up the coal industry haven’t gone so well elsewhere. As Heatmap’s Matthew Zeitlin reported last week, coal-fired stations keep breaking down, with equipment breaking at more than twice the rate of wind turbines.