"The evidence so far only shows that some plants are getting small extensions on their retirement dates. This means a slowdown in coal's rate of decline, which is bad for the environment."
"But the changes do not constitute a coal comeback in this country. For that to happen, power companies would need to be building new plants to replace the many that are closing, and there is almost no development of new coal plants."
"As recently as a few months ago, Southern Co. was saying it intended to close Plant Bowen in Georgia by 2035 at the latest. Bowen is the largest coal plant in the country, with a summer capacity of 3,200 megawatts."
"In October, I wrote about how five of the country's 10 largest coal-fired power plants had retirement dates. Today, I'm revisiting the list, providing some updates and then taking a few steps back to look at US coal plants as a whole."
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