New England’s Last Coal-Fired Power Plants to Close Under EPA Renewables Deal

Published on March 28, 2024

New England’s last coal-fired power plants will permanently close within the next four years, parent company Granite Shore Power announced on March 27. The voluntary shutdown of operations at Merrimack Station—which initially began operating in the 1960s—will take place by 2028 as part of an agreement reached with environmental groups and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Granite Shore Power will also stop operating Schiller Station in Portsmouth, the company said. That station, which has been operating since the 1950s, will be closed by 2025. The two sites will be repurposed and transitioned into “first-of-their-kind” clean energy facilities, or “renewable energy parks,” as part of the region’s renewable energy efforts, the company said....

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