converting a coal-fired plant to natural gas allows utilities to re-use significant portions of their existing equipment, thereby reducing capital costs. Equipment like steam turbines, condensers ...

FILE - The smokestacks of the former coal-fired Homer City Generating Station crumble in a planned demolition to make way for a new natural gas-fired power plant in Homer City, Pa., March 22, 2025.

Consumers Energy's last coal-fired power plant was slated to close May 31. A Trump administration order is blocking that.