Monday · October 12, 2026

DOE emergency orders keep plants online: latest quarterly renewals and a PJM heat-event order, through October 2026

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Opening

This entry extends 2026-05-01–doe-202c-emergency-order-log-through-may-2026. It lists the most recent order for each continuing plant-retention line on DOE’s own 2026 order page (read on the day this entry was written), plus the newest short-term order. Each line gives the issued date and DOE’s own sentence for the effective window and expiry. The page is the source for every date; it lists nothing newer than the top line below.

Latest order per line

  • Order No. 202-26-50, PJM, heat-event dispatch order: issued October 12, 2026. DOE’s text, The order is effective October 13, 2026, through October 16, 2026.
  • Order No. 202-26-49, Craig Station Unit 1 (Colorado), Tri-State and co-owners: issued September 25, 2026. DOE’s text, This order is in effect beginning on September 27, 2026, through December 25, 2026.
  • Order No. 202-26-47, F.B. Culley Unit 2 (Indiana), CenterPoint and MISO: issued September 18, 2026. DOE’s text, The order is in effect beginning on September 20, 2026, through December 18, 2026.
  • Order No. 202-26-46, R.M. Schahfer Units 17 and 18 (Indiana), NIPSCO and MISO: issued September 18, 2026. DOE’s text, The order is in effect beginning on September 20, 2026, through December 18, 2026.
  • Order No. 202-26-44, Centralia Unit 2 (Washington), TransAlta: issued September 11, 2026. DOE’s text, This order is in effect beginning on September 13, 2026, through December 11, 2026.
  • Order No. 202-26-42, Stanton Unit 1 (Florida), Orlando Utilities Commission: issued September 1, 2026. DOE’s text, This order is in effect beginning on September 2, 2026, through November 30, 2026.
  • Order No. 202-26-40, Eddystone (Pennsylvania), PJM and Constellation: issued August 21, 2026. DOE’s text, This order is in effect beginning on August 23, 2026 through November 20, 2026.
  • Order No. 202-26-39, J.H. Campbell (Michigan), MISO and Consumers Energy: issued August 14, 2026. DOE’s text, This order is in effect beginning on August 17, 2026 through November 14, 2026.
  • Order No. 202-26-38, Guam Power Authority: issued August 5, 2026. DOE’s text, This order is effective 10:00 AM Guam Standard Time on August 6, 2026, through 11:59 PM Guam Standard Time on November 4, 2026.
  • Order No. 202-26-25A, Wagner Unit 4 (Maryland), PJM and Talen: issued August 19, 2026. DOE’s text, This order is effective from August 20, 2026, through November 17, 2026.
  • Order No. 202-25-1E, Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (with Order No. 202-25-2E): issued August 7, 2026. DOE’s text, The orders are in effect beginning on August 10, 2026, through November 7, 2026.

Reading

Each retention line (Craig, Culley, Schahfer, Centralia, Stanton, Eddystone, Campbell, Wagner, Guam, Puerto Rico) has been re-ordered on a roughly quarterly cycle, each new window starting days after the order is issued and before the prior one lapsed. The Puerto Rico and Guam lines are not coal. Alongside these, DOE issues short-term PJM, Duke and SPP dispatch orders for heat events (the top line above is the newest); those do not defer a retirement. The expiry dates above are the next renewal triggers.

Not covered here

The earlier-in-window orders for each line, the short-term orders other than the newest, megawatt ratings, cost, and court status were not re-verified in this pass. See DOE’s page for the full list.

Sources & Citations

[1] 2026 DOE 202(c) Orders — U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response · Oct 20, 2026 Tier 1
Tiers Tier 1 court records & gov docs · Tier 2 established outlets · Tier 3 regional & specialty press · Tier 4 opinion or single-source. Methodology →
Cite this entry
The Cascade Ledger. “DOE emergency orders keep plants online: latest quarterly renewals and a PJM heat-event order, through October 2026.” The Capture Cascade Timeline, October 12, 2026. https://capturecascade.org/event/2026-10-12--doe-202c-order-log-june-through-october-2026-extension/