US Rejects CenterPoint’s Bid to Close Indiana Coal Plant (1)

The Trump administration rejected a request from CenterPoint Energy to allow a 60-year-old coal plant in Indiana to close, forcing the utility to keep operating a unit it says is costly and unreliable.

The clash underscores a broader federal push to keep aging coal plants online that the administration says are needed to support the electric grid amid rising power demand, even as some utilities resist orders to extend the life of older units.

In a letter, CenterPoint said extending an order halting the plant’s planned December 2025 retirement would require millions of dollars in upgrades and lengthy outages “to ...