# Riverton unit 11, KS — planned retirement, EIA data for June 2026

For Riverton unit 11, KS, planned retirement year is 2026; planned retirement month is 8; net summer capacity (mw) is 14; technology is Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine; fuel code is NG; operator is Empire District Electric Co, verified against its source on 2026-09-24.

- **Plant:** Riverton _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **EIA plant ID:** 1239 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Generator ID:** 11 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Planned retirement year:** 2026 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Planned retirement month:** 8 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Operator:** Empire District Electric Co _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **EIA entity ID:** 5860 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Producer type:** Electric Utility _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **State:** KS _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Net summer capacity (MW):** 14 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Technology:** Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Fuel code:** NG _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Prime mover:** GT _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **EPM edition:** June 2026 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_

## What the source says

> 2026 | 8 | 5860 | Empire District Electric Co | Electric Utility | Riverton | KS | 1239 | 11 | 14 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | NG | GT

## 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-June 2026

## Source

- https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/archive/august2026.zip

Last verified: 2026-09-24. Review by: 2026-11-03.
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/).