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

Decommissioned coal-fired power stations

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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 / 37.36139°N 94.58917°W / 37.36139; -94.58917 (Asbury) 232 Empire District Electric Company March 2020
Birchwood  Virginia 38°15′56″N 77°18′51″W / 38.265423°N 77.314233°W / 38.265423; -77.314233 (Birchwood) 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 / 45.69333°N 119.80694°W / 45.69333; -119.80694 (Boardman Coal Plant) 550 Portland General Electric October 2020
Bridgeport  Connecticut 41°10′17″N 73°11′03″W / 41.17139°N 73.18417°W / 41.17139; -73.18417 (Bridgeport) 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 / 40.63444°N 80.41694°W / 40.63444; -80.41694 (Bruce Mansfield) 2,490 FirstEnergy November 2019
Bull Run  Tennessee 36°01′16″N 84°09′22″W / 36.02111°N 84.15611°W / 36.02111; -84.15611 (Bull Run) 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 / 40.741200°N 91.116670°W / 40.741200; -91.116670 (Burlington) 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 / 31.488167°N 87.910477°W / 31.488167; -87.910477 (Charles R. Lowman) 538 PowerSouth Energy Cooperative Bituminous coal October 2020 [15][16]
Cheswick  Pennsylvania 40°32′18″N 79°47′29″W / 40.53833°N 79.79139°W / 40.53833; -79.79139 (Cheswick) 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 / 43.642089°N 83.838188°W / 43.642089; -83.838188 (Dan E. Karn) 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 / 42.694957°N 84.662078°W / 42.694957; -84.662078 (Eckert) 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 / 35.41611°N 108.08333°W / 35.41611; -108.08333 (Escalante) 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 / 39.70944°N 86.19667°W / 39.70944; -86.19667 (Harding) 698 AES Indiana 2016 [30][31]
Harllee Branch  Georgia 33°11′38″N 83°17′59″W / 33.19389°N 83.29972°W / 33.19389; -83.29972 (Harllee) 1,539 Georgia Power April 2015
Homer City  Pennsylvania 40°30′39″N 79°11′37″W / 40.51083°N 79.19361°W / 40.51083; -79.19361 (Homer City Generating Station) 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 / 46.290791°N 96.043071°W / 46.290791; -96.043071 (Hoot Lake) 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 / 38.63778°N 83.69306°W / 38.63778; -83.69306 (J.M. Stuart) 2,318 Dynegy (39%) May 2018
Johnsonville  Tennessee 36°1′40″N 87°59′12″W / 36.02778°N 87.98667°W / 36.02778; -87.98667 (Johnsonville) 1,500 Tennessee Valley Authority December 2017
Lewis & Clark  Montana 47°40′44″N 104°09′27″W / 47.678875°N 104.157368°W / 47.678875; -104.157368 (Lewis & Clark) 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 / 38.824155°N 104.831411°W / 38.824155; -104.831411 (Martin Drake) 207 740 (2019) 1,046,153 (2018) City of Colorado Springs Sub-bituminous coal August 2021 [46][47][48][49]

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Mojave  Nevada 35°8′42″N 114°35′19″W / 35.14500°N 114.58861°W / 35.14500; -114.58861 (Mojave) 1,636 Southern California Edison Bituminous coal 2005
Monticello  Texas 33°5′28″N 95°2′17″W / 33.09111°N 95.03806°W / 33.09111; -95.03806 (Monticello) 1,880 Luminant January 2018
Muskingum River  Ohio 39°35′18″N 81°40′57″W / 39.58833°N 81.68250°W / 39.58833; -81.68250 (Muskingum River) 1,529 American Electric Power Bituminous coal May 2015
Navajo  Navajo Nation

 Arizona

36°54′12″N 111°23′25″W / 36.90333°N 111.39028°W / 36.90333; -111.39028 (Navajo) 2,250 U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (24.3%) Bituminous coal November 2019
Pleasant Prairie  Wisconsin 42°32′17″N 87°54′17″W / 42.53806°N 87.90472°W / 42.53806; -87.90472 (Pleasant Prairie) 1,210 8.6 million (2018) WE energies Coal April 2018
R. Gallagher  Indiana 38°15′49″N 85°50′16″W / 38.26361°N 85.83778°W / 38.26361; -85.83778 (R. Gallagher) 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 / 46.866894°N 100.883989°W / 46.866894; -100.883989 (R. M. Heskett) 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 / 42.270523°N 83.124699°W / 42.270523; -83.124699 (River Rouge) 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 / 38.131160°N 90.262892°W / 38.131160; -90.262892 (Rush Island) 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 / 36.80167°N 108.43861°W / 36.80167; -108.43861 (San Juan) 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 / 40.53000°N 80.63083°W / 40.53000; -80.63083 (W. H. Sammis) 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 / 42.382778°N 87.820274°W / 42.382778; -87.820274 (Waukegan) 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 / 38.86638°N 84.22805°W / 38.86638; -84.22805 (William H. Zimmer Power Station) 1,351 Vistra Corp Coal May 2022

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