Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Share via Email Share via SMS Copy LinkSteam rises from Craig Station in Moffat County. U.S. Energy Department Secretary Chris Wright issued an emergency order on Dec. 30 requiring one its coal-burning units to remain operational, just one day before it was scheduled to close. The move to keep the Craig plant open had been expected for weeks . They said the emergency order also goes against the wishes of the plant’s owners. The fight over the future of the Craig power station also comes amid the backdrop of the Trump administration’s broader push to support more fossil fuel production.