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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Tom Perkinsin Detroit, Michigan

Trump order to keep Michigan power plant open costs taxpayers $113m

an exterior view of a power plant
The JH Campbell coal-fired power plant in West Olive, Michigan. Photograph: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Trump administration orders to keep an ageing, unneeded Michigan coal-fired power plant online has cost ratepayers from across the US midwest about $113m so far, according to estimates from the plant’s operator and regulators.

Still, the US energy department last week ordered the plant to remain open for another 90 days.

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