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- The D.C. Circuit Court will hear a lawsuit by Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois and nine nonprofits challenging Energy Department orders that keep five coal plants open.
- The 90-day emergency orders have cost hundreds of millions of dollars and shifted the expense to electricity ratepayers.
- Officials cite a cold snap as proof that shutdowns would threaten grid reliability, while critics call the approach inefficient, costly and harmful.
