“There is no evidence of an emergency that would require keeping Craig Unit 1 open,” Weiser said, in a statement accompanying the petition filing at DOE. The Trump administration and other grid circumstances are directly challenging those plans. Weiser has argued that multiple Trump administration orders and budget rescissions are unconstitutional encroachments on state power. Advocacy groups estimate the cost to run the Craig Unit at between $85 million and $150 million a year, depending on how many hours it is ordered to operate. The Trump administration has made similar orders for aging coal plants in Michigan, Indiana and Washington state, the Sierra Club noted.