January 22, 2025

coal plant retirements

Vistra to Shut down Another Texas Coal Plant
Vistra said it would retire the Coleto Creek plant no later than 2027 because it would be too expensive to comply with latest EPA rules.
Vistra Declares End of Midwest Coal Fleet
Vistra said MISO’s “irreparably dysfunctional” capacity auction design deserves blame for its decision to shutter the last of its Midwest coal plants.
Energy Amendments on NM, Nevada Ballots
Voters in New Mexico and Nevada will make major decisions on their states’ energy futures come Election Day in November.
PJM PC/TEAC Briefs: June 2, 2020
PJM weekday load peaks have come in 10.4% less than than projected before the coronavirus pandemic, the Planning Committee learned.
MISO PAC Briefs: March 11, 2020
MISO will allow stakeholders an additional month to file their opinions on the RTO’s draft 2021 transmission planning futures scenarios.
Consumers Energy Accelerates Zero-carbon Target
Consumers Energy announced plans to achieve net-zero emissions by 2040, putting it on track to achieve that goal a decade earlier than most of its peers.
Report Marks a Decade of Energy Transition
BloombergNEF’s energy trends report looks back over the decade, in which "the U.S. fundamentally overhauled how it produces, delivers and consumes" energy.
ERCOT Approves Oklaunion’s Retirement
ERCOT said it has approved the retirement of Public Service Company of Oklahoma’s coal-fired Oklaunion Power Station in the Texas Panhandle.
Gas Going Way of Coal? Not So Fast, Panelists Say
NARUC Winter Policy Summit panelists said the use of natural gas will decline as states electrify buildings and the cost of alternative fuels comes down.
Overheard at GCPA’s Annual MISO South Conference
GCPA’s seventh annual MISO South Regional Conference drew 175 attendees to New Orleans for discussions on resource needs and transmission planning.

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