The emergency was the bill
The administration called a 64-year-old coal plant an emergency. A unanimous appeals court disagreed. The ratepayers still paid $259 million.
Source article: Appeals court rejects Trump order to keep Michigan coal plant open.
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- Published
- Pen name
- Editorial Board
- Topic tags
- energy and resource, government policy, judiciary, environment, pollution
- Storylines
- trump-climate-energy-rollbacks
- Primary entities
- US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, JH Campbell Generating Plant, Department of Energy, Chris Wright, Cornelia Pillard, Environmental Defense Fund, Sierra Club, Ted Kelly, Sanjay Narayan
- Themes
- Federal judicial review of executive energy authority, Coal plant retirements and emergency powers, Trump administration energy policy, Federal Power Act
- Floor values engaged
- Accountability of power, Equality & fairness, Informed citizenship