An employee walks toward the U.S. Steel Clairton Works in Clairton, Pa., on March 11, 2018. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
The total operating capacity of coal-fired power plants in the United States is set to drop to 145 gigawatts (GW) by the end of 2028, a more than 15 percent decline from the 172 GW in operation as of May, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in a July 14 statement.
The Midwest region has 10 coal plants scheduled to retire by 2028. This was followed by the Mid-Atlantic with five plants, Tennessee with four, and the Northwest with three sites. “On a regional basis, 58 percent of the planned coal capacity retirements are in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions,” EIA said.
