To prevent blackouts, Trump administration keeps another aging power plant online through summer

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2. Much more detail from Power Magazine article for anyone wanting to know

https://www.powermag.com/trump-administration-issues-third-emergency-order-to-prevent-pjm-power-shortfall/

The Eddington 3& 4 units are "peakers", 380 MW each, that can run on either natural gas or oil.

and, by the way,

Constellation also noted it is working with PJM to accelerate the restart of Three Mile Island {{nuclear unit}} as the Crane Clean Energy Center, seeking to bring it online in 2027 as “a long-term, clean, and reliable energy solution.” Constellation has underscored the urgency of the $1.6 billion project, which it announced last year as part of a landmark 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Microsoft.

More on Three Mile Island current status:
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/20/nx-s1-5120581/three-mile-island-nuclear-power-plant-microsoft-ai

The unit being restarted is the unit that didn't have the partial meltdown back in 1979. It (the non-melty unit) was shut down in 2019. The melty unit never restarted after the 1979 accident, and there are no plans to.