The U.S. Department of Energy has ordered another coal-fired power plant to stay open beyond its retirement date, this time in Colorado.
The power plant near Craig, around 200 miles northwest of Denver, received the federal order one day before it was scheduled to close on Wednesday for economic reasons and to comply with numerous state and federal requirements.
Keeping the aging plant open will mean additional costs for Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association and other co-owners of the Craig Station power plant and will likely require more investments in operations, repairs, maintenance, and fuel supply, according to the operator.
“Tri-State has a policy of 100 percent compliance, and we will work with Unit 1 co-owners, and federal and state governments to determine the most cost-effective path to that end,” said Duane Highley, Tri-State CEO, in a statement. “We are continuing to review the order to determine what this means for Craig Station employees and operations, and the financial impacts.”…
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