Operators plan to retire 15.6 GW of electric-generating capacity in the United States during 2023, mostly natural gas-fired (6.2 GW) and coal-fired (8.9 GW) power plants, according to the Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA).
EIA said that substantial U.S. coal-fired capacity has retired over the past decade, and a record 14.9 GW was retired in 2015.
Annual coal retirements averaged 11.0 GW a year from 2015 to 2020, fell to 5.6 GW in 2021, and then rose to 11.5 GW in 2022.
