A plan by Xcel Energy to acquire billions of dollars of new power sources and shut its coal plants has won the backing of state regulators — but has infuriated leaders in Pueblo County, home to what would be Colorado’s last coal power station.

The county commissioners have filed a document with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission saying they will ask President Donald Trump and Energy Secretary Chris Wright to order that coal plants in the county keep running until a new energy facility is built that can provide the kind of jobs and revenue that Xcel’s coal facilities have.

Trump has promoted coal as an energy source through executive orders and issued emergency directives to keep coal plants in Michigan and Pennsylvania operating despite plans to retire them. Pueblo County is urging the same kind of tactic in Colorado.

The county’s filing was a response to Xcel Energy’s proposal to speed up renewable energy projects to take advantage of federal tax credits being phased out.

But the focus was on Xcel’s plan, approved last week by the PUC, for thousands of megawatts of new power to meet rising demands for electricity and accelerate coal plant closures in Pueblo County and northwest Colorado.

The Comanche power station near Pueblo, set to close by the end of 2030, will be Xcel’s last coal-fired plant in Colorado.

Renewable energy and natural gas are a large part of the proposed mix to replace coal. Xcel’s blueprint for phasing out coal is called a “just transition” plan because the intent is to help communities where coal facilities have been a big part of the economy. But Pueblo County business and political leaders say the plan endorsed by the PUC abandons their region, which has a high poverty rate.

The county accuses the PUC of ignoring testimony and a report promoting natural gas or small nuclear power reactors as ways to produce cleaner energy while maintaining the levels of jobs and tax revenue that coal has generated.

“It’s not a just transition we’re getting. We’re getting just nothing,” Pueblo County Commissioner Paula McPheeters said during a board meeting last week.

Pueblo County reluctantly backed the just transition plan on condition that it could lead to new power plants that would replace the lost jobs, economic benefits and tax revenue, the county’s filing said.