DOE Extends Order to Keep Centralia Coal Plant Online
‘Emergency’ Order Faces Legal Opposition from Wash. Attorney General, PIOs
TransAlta's Centralia Power Plant in Centralia, Wash. | Steven Baltakatei Sandoval, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Mar 17, 2026
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The Department of Energy extended an order that will continue to keep Washington’s last remaining coal-fired plant open past its long-scheduled retirement at the end of 2025.
