Big Green Challenges Order to Keep Philly Gas-Fired Peaker Running

One day before Constellation Energy’s Eddystone Generating Station in Delaware County, PA, was due to close its remaining two units, the Trump Department of Energy (DOE) stepped in and ordered the plants to remain active based on Trump’s declaration of an energy emergency across the country (see Trump DOE Order Blocks Gas-Fired Peaker Near Philly from Closing). The plant, which began operations in 1960, is located just south of Philadelphia. Eddystone can burn either natural gas or (in a pinch) oil. The Trump order keeping it open at the last minute caused the environmental left to lose its collective mind. Now, a group of leftist groups has colluded with National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) attorneys to challenge the edict to keep the plant running. Can you imagine the outages around Philadelphia last week if this plant were offline?

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