OTTAWA COUNTY, MI - Tens of millions in costs to keep an aging Michigan coal-fired power plant running past its intended shutdown date under a Trump administration order could fall on utility bills across the Midwest.

An order from federal energy regulators issued on Friday, Aug. 15 grants a request from J.H. Campbell plant owner Consumers Energy that the burden be distributed not just in Michigan, but also across 10 other states.

The action from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, does not approve any costs but green lights the mechanism through which households and businesses could eventually pay to keep Campbell on life support.

The costs may be distributed across the North and Central regions of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, or MISO, the grid ope

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