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Consumers Energy had planned to shutter the JH Campbell complex for good at the end of May. But eight days before that, the U.S. Department of Energy ordered it to remain open for at least 90 more days, citing a law that allows the federal government to mandate power production in emergency situations.

The Department of Energy is stopping Consumers Energy from closing an aging coal-burning plant. Petitioners say the order is costly, harmful, unnecessary, and unlawful.

The Energy Department's conditional loans to DTE Energy and Consumers Energy are part of the Inflation Reduction Act - a law President elect Donald Trump says he wants to repeal.

The U.S. Department of Energy is throwing a $1.52 billion lifeline to try and reopen the Palisades Nuclear Plant in southwest Michigan. Instead of working to eventually tear the hulking plant down, the plant's new owners are hoping to make history, becoming the first completely shuttered nuclear plant to restart operations.

The federal government intends to lend the owners of the Palisades nuclear power plant $1.5 billion to restart the facility, with the State of Michigan budgeting another $300 million.

The Michigan State University Board of Trustees have agreed to move ahead with a half billion dollar nuclear research project, even though federal funding…