HOLLAND, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – About 100 protesters rallied in Holland over the weekend and called for the J.H. Campbell coal power plant to be immediately closed, according to numerous media reports.

The protests came following concerns by the Donald Trump administration that the region wouldn’t have enough electricity to meet the demand of the hot summer months when air conditioners would be used around the clock.

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In May, the Trump administration declared an “emergency situation” and ordered the coal-fired plant to remain open until at least August. The plant was supposed to be shuttered May 31. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) cited concerns over a possible energy shortage over the summer. The DOE stated Michigan closed nuclear power plants in 1997 and 2022.

The DOE stated, “I hereby determine that an emergency exists in portions of the Midwest region of the United States due to a shortage of electric energy, a shortage of facilities for the generation of electric energy, and other causes, and that issuance of this Order will meet the emergency and serve the public interest.”

Shutting down coal would be limiting the second-biggest source of electricity generation in Michigan.

According to the Energy Information Administration, 38.5% of the state’s net electricity generation is natural gas-fired, coal-fired is at 26.4%, nuclear is at 17.9% and renewables is at just 16.2%.