Pueblo County is asking the Trump administration to issue an emergency order to keep Xcel Energy’s troubled, coal-fired Comanche power station open indefinitely.

Comanche’s Unit 1 was closed in 2022. Unit 2 is set to close this year and Unit 3 by 2031. By that time all of Colorado’s six remaining coal-fired plants are scheduled to be closed to meet state emissions standards.

But Pueblo County, in a filing to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, said it will seek relief from President Donald Trump and Energy Secretary Chris Wright.

“Pueblo is in the process of requesting that President Trump and Secretary Wright order that Comanche 2 remain in operation beyond its closure date …” the county said, “and that he orders that Comanche 3 and 2 remain open until replacement generation i

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