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A federal appeals court unanimously ruled the Trump administration exceeded its authority by using emergency powers to require a Michigan coal-fired power plant to remain open.

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**U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia** struck down the Trump administration's use of emergency powers to keep a Michigan coal-fired power plant running, issuing a unanimous 3-0 ruling.

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**The Department of Energy** was found by the court to have exceeded its authority in invoking emergency powers to compel the plant's continued operation.

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Court Strikes Down Trump Coal Plant Emergency Powers — SkimNews

By Inside Climate News · Summarized & edited by Kapil Samant · 2026-09-11

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia struck down the Trump administration's use of emergency powers to keep a Michigan coal-fired power plant running, issuing a unanimous 3-0 ruling.
The Department of Energy was found by the court to have exceeded its authority in invoking emergency powers to compel the plant's continued operation.
The Trump administration had relied on emergency powers to force the Michigan coal plant to stay open — a mechanism the appeals court has now blocked.

Why it matters: The unanimous 3-0 decision removes the legal basis for DOE's emergency-powers order keeping the Michigan coal plant running, directly blocking the Trump administration's effort to compel its continued operation and curtailing one specific lever it had used to intervene in plant closures.