Coal Unit at Center of Trump Bailout Bid to Shut 19 Months Early
- Last unit at Bruce Mansfield plant to be shuttered in November
- Power plant was at center of Trump’s efforts to save coal
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A Pennsylvania power plant that was at the center of President Donald Trump’s effort to revive the coal industry will be closing 19 months ahead of schedule.
FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. plans to shutter the Bruce Mansfield power plant’s Unit 3 in November because of “a lack of economic viability,” according to a statement Friday. The company had earlier said it would close the site in June 2021. Units 1 and 2 were deactivated in February.