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The report covers a significant legal blow to the Trump administration’s efforts to revive and force open aging coal plants using emergency declarations. Ground NewsHere are the key details of the story:

• The Ruling: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit unanimously rejected and struck down the Department of Energy’s emergency order that had forced the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in Michigan to remain operational past its scheduled retirement. Ground News
• Rejection of “Sweeping” Emergency Powers: Writing for the panel, Judge Cornelia Pillard ruled that emergency powers under Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act are strictly designed as a “narrow, last-resort backstop” for genuine grid crises. The court determined that the administration failed to show an actual emergency existed, finding that officials exceeded their statutory authority by invoking broad emergency powers to override planned retirements. Ground News
• Financial Impact on Consumers: The effort to keep the doomed 64-year-old facility running had been heavily criticized for sticking consumers with the bill. Keeping the Campbell plant online cost Midwest ratepayers an estimated $600,000 to over $615,000 per dayaccumulating tens of millions of dollars in compliance expenses. Ground News
• Broader Precedent: The administration had been invoking emergency declarations to stall retirements at a half-dozen coal facilities across the country (such as plants in Washington state and Colorado). The D.C. Circuit’s decision establishes a major legal barrier against using federal emergency orders to keep economically unviable and retiring fossil fuel plants on life support. Ground News+ 1