Coal-fired generation to drop 59 GW Plant owners and operators self-report retirement plans Most retiring units will have about 50 service years left Coal-fired power plants don’t have a mandatory retirement age but 28% currently operating have plans to halt operations by 2035, the EIA said Dec. 15. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Planned retirement dates were reported to the EIA by power plant owners and operators. The announced retirements would reduce coal-fired capacity by 59 GW by 2035. By way of comparison, about 212 GW of coal-fired electric-generating capacity was operating in the US as of September 2021. “The units that have reported plans to retire are not necessarily the oldest ones operating; some units built in the 1980s and 1990s are also scheduled to retire,” the EIA said. “When they retire, the retiring units will have approximately […]