# Newman unit 1, TX — planned retirement, EIA data for April 2026

For Newman unit 1, TX, planned retirement year is 2027; planned retirement month is 12; net summer capacity (mw) is 61.0; technology is Natural Gas Steam Turbine; fuel code is NG; operator is El Paso Electric Co, verified against its source on 2026-10-16.

- **Plant:** Newman _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **EIA plant ID:** 3456 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Generator ID:** 1 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Planned retirement year:** 2027 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Planned retirement month:** 12 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Operator:** El Paso Electric Co _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **EIA entity ID:** 5701 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Producer type:** Electric Utility _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **State:** TX _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Net summer capacity (MW):** 61.0 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Technology:** Natural Gas Steam Turbine _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Fuel code:** NG _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Prime mover:** ST _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **EPM edition:** April 2026 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_

## What the source says

> 2027 12 5701 El Paso Electric Co Electric Utility Newman TX 3456 1 61.0 Natural Gas Steam Turbine NG ST

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### EPM edition

> Table 1.1. Net Generation by Energy Source: Total (All Sectors), 2016-April 2026

## Source

- https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/archive/june2026.pdf

Last verified: 2026-10-16. Review by: 2026-11-25.
Part of [Planned US generating-unit retirements, as EIA published them in one named month's Electric Power Monthly](https://referencesource.org/power-plant-retirement-schedule/).