Trump Emergency Order Halts Second Power Plant From Closure

(Bloomberg) -- The Trump administration ordered another power plant to remain operational by invoking emergency powers for a second time, a day before the facility in Pennsylvania was scheduled to close.

Constellation Energy Corp.’s Eddystone Generating Station, which was set to shut down its last remaining units on Saturday, will be required to remain online under a Energy Department order, which invoked a section of federal law typically reserved for emergencies such as extreme weather events and war.

The plant located just south of Philadelphia began operations in 1960, and has two remaining units that can burn either natural gas or oil, according to Constellation. The company didn’t respond to a request for comment sent after business hours Friday.

The Energy Department said the decision followed recent testimony from the area’s grid operator that its system faces a “growing resource adequacy concern” because of increasing power demand, plant retirements and other factors.  

The department last Friday ordered the aging J.H. Campbell power plant in West Olive, Michigan, on the shores of Lake Michigan to remain operating past its May 31 shutdown date.

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