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LCG, April 13, 2026--The EIA today released an "In-brief Analysis" of U.S. coal-fired generating capacity retirements in 2025. A highlight of the analysis is that, during 2025, the electric power sector retired 2.6 GW of coal-fired generating capacity at four power plants, which is (i) the least since 2010 and (ii) 5.9 GW less than the planned retirement of 8.5 GW at the beginning of 2025.
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LCG, April 10, 2026--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced yesterday a rule proposing several revisions to the federal regulations governing the disposal of coal combustion residuals (CCR) and the beneficial use of CCR. The EPA designed the rule to encourage resource recovery, allow for site-specific considerations in permitting, and provide regulatory relief while continuing to protect human health and the environment. The EPA will be accepting comments on the rule for 60 days after publication in the Federal Register, and it will also hold an online public hearing on the rule.
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U.S. Coal-fired Generating Capacity Retirements in 2025 Are Less Than 20 Percent of Retirements in 2022
LCG, April 13, 2026--The EIA today released an "In-brief Analysis" of U.S. coal-fired generating capacity retirements in 2025. A highlight of the analysis is that, during 2025, the electric power sector retired 2.6 GW of coal-fired generating capacity at four power plants, which is (i) the least since 2010 and (ii) 5.9 GW less than the planned retirement of 8.5 GW at the beginning of 2025.
During 2025, 4.8 GW of planned coal-fired generation capacity retirements were deferred to future years, and the operators of two coal plants (1.1 GW) cancelled retirement plans. Furthermore, the operators of 1.2 GW of capacity planned for retirement in 2027 cancelled their closure plans, and a facility slated to retire in 2026 has delayed its closure until 2029.
Annual retirements of capacity at coal-fired power plants have decreased substantially since 2022 when operators retired 13.7 GW of capacity, or about 6.5 percent of the coal fleet operating at the end of 2021. In 2025, only four coal-fired power plants retired generating units, representing 2.6 GW of capacity, or 1.5 percent of year-end 2024 capacity. The four coal-fired plants with retired capacity are: February 2025—Indian River Generating Station Unit 4 in Delaware (410 MW); March 2025—Cholla Units 1 and 3 in Arizona (383 MW); October and November 2025—Intermountain Power Project Units 1 and 2 in Utah (1,800 MW); and December 2025—Prairie Creek Unit 1 in Iowa (15 MW).
A factor that may have reduced coal-fired generation retirements in 2025 is that the Department of Energy (DOE) issued emergency orders under Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act that directed several coal plants to temporarily remain available to operate with the goal of ensuring grid reliability. The units receiving emergency orders are: J.H. Campbell Units 1, 2 and 3 in Michigan (1,331 MW); Transalta Centralia Unit 2 in Washington (670 MW); R.M. Schahfer Units 17 and 18 in Indiana (722 MW); F.B. Culley Unit 2 in Indiana (90 MW); and Craig Unit 1 in Colorado (427 MW).
The EIA states that, based on the most recent information that these coal plant operators have reported to EIA on the Monthly Update to the Annual Electric Generator Report, most of them have delayed the planned retirements from initially scheduled dates in 2025 to early-to-mid 2026. These emergency orders are in effect for up to 90 days but can be reissued.
Plant operators at three other coal-fired power plants with a combined 2.2 GW of capacity have also decided to delay retirements that were originally scheduled for 2025: Brandon Shores (Maryland), South Oak (Wisconsin), and Comanche (Colorado). Instead of retiring its coal-fired Unit 2, the operator of the Transalta Centralia Generating Station now plans to convert it into a facility that runs on natural gas. This conversion is currently scheduled for 2028.
According to the EIA, in 2026, the U.S. electric power sector currently plans to retire 6.4 GW of coal-fired generating capacity, which accounts for almost 4 percent of the U.S. coal fleet that was in operation as of the end of 2025. These planned retirements could change depending on future regulatory decisions or other economic factors. For example, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced April 9 a rule proposing several revisions to the federal regulations governing the disposal of coal combustion residuals (CCR) and the beneficial use of CCR. The EPA designed the CCR rule to encourage resource recovery, allow for site-specific considerations in permitting, and provide regulatory relief while continuing to protect human health and the environment.
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