Aging Pennsylvania Power Plant to Keep Running After Trump Order on Eve of Shutdown

Inside Climate News · By Jon Hurdle · last updated June 4, 2025 – 11:03 AM

The U.S. Department of Energy says the plant, fueled by oil and gas, will help avert an energy “emergency.” Environmentalists say there’s no such crisis.

By Jon Hurdle

A half-century-old Pennsylvania power plant fueled by oil and natural gas will keep running beyond its scheduled shutdown date following an order from the Trump administration just one day before it was due to retire.

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