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U.S. Power Plants Due to Retire Within a Year
Operating capacity whose owners plan to retire it in the next 12 months, by fuel, gigawatts
2 of 3 series are above their level a year earlier
Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where the data set a record or moved most.
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EIA Form 860M, operating generators with a planned retirement date in the twelve months after each monthly workbook. Plans slip and owners cancel retirements.
The near-term retirement list, as owners report it each month. When grids get tight, this line falls before the retirement bars do: plants that were due to close get another year.
What this chart reads
- U.S. Power Plant Capacity Planned to Retire, Next 12 Months (GW)as “All fuels”latest 2026-08-01
- U.S. Coal Capacity Planned to Retire, Next 12 Months (GW)as “Coal”latest 2026-08-01
- U.S. Natural Gas Capacity Planned to Retire, Next 12 Months (GW)as “Gas”latest 2026-08-01
Sources
U.S. Power Plant Capacity Planned to Retire, Next 12 Months (GW). Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860M, Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory (eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m), the monthly workbook. EIA data are U.S. government works in the public domain; EIA asks that it be credited as the source. Refreshed weekly.
U.S. Coal Capacity Planned to Retire, Next 12 Months (GW). Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860M, Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory (eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m), the monthly workbook. EIA data are U.S. government works in the public domain; EIA asks that it be credited as the source. Refreshed weekly.
U.S. Natural Gas Capacity Planned to Retire, Next 12 Months (GW). Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860M, Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory (eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m), the monthly workbook. EIA data are U.S. government works in the public domain; EIA asks that it be credited as the source. Refreshed weekly.
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