The Energy Department’s orders to keep the J.H. Campbell plant running are driving up costs and pollution. States and advocates are challenging the move in court.
The Energy Department’s orders to keep the J.H. Campbell plant running are driving up costs and pollution. States and advocates are challenging the move in court.
Well the reality answer is rules don’t exist anymore and they are just doing whatever the fuck they want.
The flimsy reasoning they’re using likely has to do with Michigan being a part of the Eastern Interconnection power grid, so what they do with their energy production affects a lot more states than just Michigan, so it makes sense for it to be Federally controlled. Only Texas has their own, independent, power grid.