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Federal Power Act section 202(c)

Provision of the US Federal Power Act allowing the Energy Department to order generation to run during wartime or when a sudden demand increase or electricity shortage creates an emergency; orders are limited to 90 days.

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section 202(c)

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A three-judge panel rejects the emergency DOE used to keep a Michigan coal plant open

The J.H. Campbell plant kept running on 90-day orders. The DC Circuit held that the Energy Department's evidence of tight summer margins is not the shortage section 202(c) describes, and Ars Technica says the reasoning reaches other blocked closures.

Publishers:arstechnica.comgizmodo.com

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