The Trump administration’s efforts to prop up the quickly declining coal industry have run into a problem: Some coal industry players don’t want any part of it.
Two Colorado coal plant owners have called the Trump administration’s mandate to keep the facility running past its expiration date a violation of their constitutional rights.
The unit stopped operating in mid-December because of a mechanical failure and was slated to officially close at the end of 2025 to comply with air pollution regulations. The Trump administration [ordered it to stay open](https://www.energy.gov/documents/federal-power-act-section-202c-craig-order-no-202-25-14) one day before its scheduled retirement.
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The Trump administration’s efforts to prop up the quickly declining coal industry have run into a problem: Some coal industry players don’t want any part of it.
Two Colorado coal plant owners have called the Trump administration’s mandate to keep the facility running past its expiration date a violation of their constitutional rights.
Two of the electric utilities that own a unit at the Craig Station generating facility in Colorado filed a [petition](https://tristate.coop/sites/default/files/PDF/Order%20No.%20202-24-14%20-%20Petition%20for%20Rehearing%20of%20Tri-State%20Generation%20and%20Platte%20River%20-%20FINAL%20COMBINED.pdf) with the Energy Department last week asking the Trump administration to reconsider its mandate to keep the unit open until the end of March.
The unit stopped operating in mid-December because of a mechanical failure and was slated to officially close at the end of 2025 to comply with air pollution regulations. The Trump administration [ordered it to stay open](https://www.energy.gov/documents/federal-power-act-section-202c-craig-order-no-202-25-14) one day before its scheduled retirement.
Full story: [https://www.notus.org/energy/trump-coal-industry-opposition-colorado](https://www.notus.org/energy/trump-coal-industry-opposition-colorado)
A quote from a retired coal miner I met: I’ve never known a miner who wanted their child to be a miner.