Petitions Filed to Overturn DOE’s Craig Coal Plant Extension

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Colorado AG, Environmental Groups Say Unit Should Retire as Planned

Craig Generating Station in Moffat County, Colo. | Shutterstock

Mar 19, 2026 | Elaine Goodman

Challenges are piling up to Trump administration orders to keep retiring coal plants online, as the Colorado attorney general and environmental groups have filed petitions to overturn an extension of Craig Station Unit 1.

Coal Coal Colorado Colorado Department of Energy Public Policy

KeywordsCraig Station D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Earthjustice Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)FPA Section 202c Platte River Power Authority Sierra Club Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

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