The Department of Energy (DOE) has issued an emergency order to delay the closure of Consumer Energy's 1,560-MW J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in West Olive, Michigan,citing urgent reliability concerns [...]The post DOE Issues Rare Emergency Order to Delay Michigan Coal Plant Retirement Amid MISO Grid Risk appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The Trump administration's unprecedented use of emergency grid authorities entered a second phase in August 2025, as the Department of Energy (DOE) extended three critical reliability orders. The measures signal that this year's historic string of federal interventions-staked in Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act-are likely to continue beyond the traditional summer peak and [...]The post Federal Grid Interventions Enter a Second Phase as DOE Extends Emergency Orders appeared first on POWER Magazine.