DOE Orders Retiring Wash. Coal Plant to Stay Online for Winter

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Order Continues String of DOE Actions to Support Aging Fossil Fuel Generators

TransAlta's Centralia Power Plant in Centralia, Wash. | TransAlta

Dec 17, 2025 | Robert Mullin

Citing an energy “emergency” in the Northwest this winter, DOE ordered TransAlta to continue operating Washington’s last coal-fired generating plant for three months beyond its scheduled retirement at the end of this year.

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