Energy Dept keeps demanding a coal plant stay open that’s not even running

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By Jameson DowMar 17, 2026, 12:25 pm59 ptsTrending
The Department of Energy issued a second “emergency” order to keep the last coal plant in Washington open for another 90 days, doing its best to raise electricity and health costs for central Washington. But nobody wants it open – including the owner of the plant, who hasn’t operated it at all in the…

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