List of decommissioned coal-fired power stations in the United States

This is an incomplete list of decommissioned coal-fired power stations in the United States. Coal plants have been closing at a fast rate since 2010 (290 plants closed from 2010 to May 2019; this was 40% of the US's coal generating capacity) due to competition from other generating sources, primarily cheaper and cleaner natural gas (a result of the fracking boom), which has replaced so many coal plants that natural gas now accounts for 40% of the US's total electricity generation, as well as the decrease in the cost of renewables.^[1]

Main article: List of coal-fired power stations in the United States

Bruce Mansfield Power Plant, at a capacity of 2,490 MW, is the largest power plant to be decommissioned in the United States.

Decommissioned coal-fired power stations

Name	State	Location	Capacity(MW)	Capacity Factor	Annual Generation (GWh)	CO2 emissions (Tons/year) [2][3]	CO2 emissions/ Annual Generation	Majority Owner	Fuel Type	Retired	Ref
Asbury	Missouri	37°21′41″N 94°35′21″W	232					Empire District Electric Company		March 2020
Birchwood	Virginia	38°15′56″N 77°18′51″W	258		77 (2020)	65,032 (2019)	1355 (2019)	J-POWER General Electric	Bituminous coal	March 2021	[4][5]
Boardman	Oregon	45°41′36″N 119°48′25″W	550					Portland General Electric		October 2020
Bridgeport	Connecticut	41°10′17″N 73°11′03″W	995		2,100 (2019)	806,838 (2019)	384 (2019)	Public Service Enterprise Group	Sub-bituminous coal	June 2021	[6][7][8][9]
Bruce Mansfield	Pennsylvania	40°38′4″N 80°25′1″W	2,490					FirstEnergy		November 2019
Bull Run	Tennessee	36°01′16″N 84°09′22″W	889		641 (2020)	1,337,090 (2019)	862 (2019)	Tennessee Valley Authority	Bituminous coal	December 2023	[10][11][12]
Burlington	Iowa	40°44′28″N 91°07′00″W	212		1,130 (2020)	1,194,481 (2019)	1042 (2019)	Interstate Power and Light	Sub-bituminous coal	December 2021	[13][14][8]
Charles R. Lowman	Alabama	31°29′17″N 87°54′38″W	538					PowerSouth Energy Cooperative	Bituminous coal	October 2020	[15][16]
Cheswick	Pennsylvania	40°32′18″N 79°47′29″W	635		542 (2020)	896,561 (2019)	1135 (2019)	GenOn Energy Holdings	Bituminous coal	April 2022	[17][18][19][20][21][8]
Dan E. Karn	Michigan	43°38′32″N 83°50′17″W	544		1,654 (2020)	1,934,954 (2019)	1,063 (2019)	CMS Energy	Sub-bituminous coal	June 2023	[22][23][24][25]
Eckert	Michigan	42°41′42″N 84°39′43″W	375		384 (2018) 44 (2019) 5 (2020)	484,156 (2018)46,403 (2019)		Lansing Board of Water and Light	Sub-bituminous coal	April 2021	[26][27][8]
Escalante	New Mexico	35°24′58″N 108°05′00″W	257		1,209 (2019)	1,292,447 (2018)		TSGTA	Sub-bituminous coal	December 2020	[28][29][8]
Harding Street Generating Station	Indiana	39°42′34″N 86°11′48″W	698					AES Indiana		2016	[30][31]
Harllee Branch	Georgia	33°11′38″N 83°17′59″W	1,539					Georgia Power		April 2015
Homer City	Pennsylvania	40°30′39″N 79°11′37″W	2,022	29%	6,828 (2019)	6,753,709 (2019)	989 2019	NRG Energy	Bituminous coal	July 2023	[32][33][34][35][36]
Hoot Lake	Minnesota	46°17′27″N 96°02′35″W	129		319 (2019)	356,720 (2019)	1118 (2019)	Otter Tail Power Company	Sub-bituminous coal	June 2021	[37][38][39][40]
J.M. Stuart	Ohio	38°38′16″N 83°41′35″W	2,318					Dynegy (39%)		May 2018
Johnsonville	Tennessee	36°1′40″N 87°59′12″W	1,500					Tennessee Valley Authority		December 2017
Lewis & Clark	Montana	47°40′44″N 104°09′27″W	50		263 (2019)	314,567 (2018)		Montana-Dakota Utilities	Lignite	March 2021	[41][42][43][44][45]
Martin Drake	Colorado	38°49′27″N 104°49′53″W	207		740 (2019)	1,046,153 (2018)		City of Colorado Springs	Sub-bituminous coal	August 2021	[46][47][48][49] [50]
Mojave	Nevada	35°8′42″N 114°35′19″W	1,636					Southern California Edison	Bituminous coal	2005
Monticello	Texas	33°5′28″N 95°2′17″W	1,880					Luminant		January 2018
Muskingum River	Ohio	39°35′18″N 81°40′57″W	1,529					American Electric Power	Bituminous coal	May 2015
Navajo	Navajo Nation  Arizona	36°54′12″N 111°23′25″W	2,250					U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (24.3%)	Bituminous coal	November 2019
Pleasant Prairie	Wisconsin	42°32′17″N 87°54′17″W	1,210			8.6 million (2018)		WE energies	Coal	April 2018
R. Gallagher	Indiana	38°15′49″N 85°50′16″W	280		285 (2018)	349,403 (2018)		Duke Energy	Bituminous coal	June 2021	[51][52][49][53]
R. M. Heskett	North Dakota	46°52′01″N 100°53′02″W	100		439 (2019)	645,998 (2018)		Montana-Dakota Utilities	Lignite	March 2022	[54][55][56][57]
River Rouge	Michigan	42°16′14″N 83°07′29″W	651		624 (2019)	690,194 (2018)		Detroit Edison	Sub-bituminous coal	May 2021	[58][59][44][60]
Rush Island	Missouri	38°07′52″N 90°15′46″W	1,242		5,545 (2019)	7,206,695 (2018)		Ameren	Refined coal	October 2024	[61][62][63][64][65]
San Juan	New Mexico	36°48′06″N 108°26′19″W	847	30%	4,716 (2019)	4,929,343 (2018)		PNM Resources	Refined coal	September 2022	[66][67][68][49][69]
W. H. Sammis	Ohio	40°31′48″N 80°37′51″W	2,220		3,957 (2019)			Energy Harbor	Bituminous coal	June 2023 (units 5–7)	[70][71][72]
Waukegan	Illinois	42°22′58″N 87°49′13″W	681		1,194 (2019)	1,718,814 (2018)		NRG Energy	Sub-bituminous coal	June 2022	[73][74][75][76]
William H. Zimmer	Ohio	38°51′59″N 84°13′41″W	1,351					Vistra Corp	Coal	May 2022

See also

• List of coal-fired power stations in the United States

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