AG ​Weiser filed a petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to overturn an illegal emergency order issued by the U.S. Department of Energy requiring the coal-fired Craig Unit 1 in Moffat County to be available until March 30.

“The long-anticipated retirement of Craig Unit 1 and replacing it with cleaner and more affordable energy resources was the result of a carefully planned process that was driven by economics. There is no energy emergency, and stopping the Craig unit’s retirement would not ease any imagined energy need,” – AG Weiser