Ordered with funding? Bad idea, but at least it's backed by government support. Maybe there is a bigger play here.
I can understand requiring coal plants to ensure & maintain grid stability until green alternatives have proven themselves. The government funding basically pays them to maintain but not operate - unless needed.
Hydro would make more sense. Some sort of fast-start generation with potential recovery during low demand.
But I could see coal being part of a black-start procedure or something.

Straight up ordered? No government funding? That's just a polluting bomb. High pressure steam in aging industrial equipment with no incentive to maintain that equipment. Still pumping out pollution, likely producing electricity more expensive than the average cost.
Disaster waiting to happen.
What the fuck.