Progress Energy to close 170 MW of coal-fired capacity
Published: Apr 1, 2011
Progress Energy Carolinas will shut down its three-unit, 170 MW W.H. Weatherspoon coal-fired power plant this fall, several years ahead of the originally announced retirement schedule.
The company plans to retire the 62-year-old plant after it operates during the summer’s period of high electricity demand. The utility had previously announced plans to retire the plant by 2017 as part of a fleet-modernization effort that will result in the retirement of 30 percent of Progress Energy’s North Carolina-based coal-fired fleet. The accelerated retirement was included in a report to the N.C. Utilities Commission.
