# Cardinal unit 3, OH — planned retirement, EIA data for June 2026

For Cardinal unit 3, OH, planned retirement year is 2028; planned retirement month is 12; net summer capacity (mw) is 620; technology is Conventional Steam Coal; fuel code is BIT; operator is Cardinal Operating Company, verified against its source on 2026-09-24.

- **Plant:** Cardinal _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **EIA plant ID:** 2828 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Generator ID:** 3 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Planned retirement year:** 2028 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Planned retirement month:** 12 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Operator:** Cardinal Operating Company _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **EIA entity ID:** 61412 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Producer type:** IPP _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **State:** OH _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Net summer capacity (MW):** 620 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Technology:** Conventional Steam Coal _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Fuel code:** BIT _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Prime mover:** ST _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **EPM edition:** June 2026 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_

## What the source says

> 2028 | 12 | 61412 | Cardinal Operating Company | IPP | Cardinal | OH | 2828 | 3 | 620 | Conventional Steam Coal | BIT | 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-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/).