# Rio Grande unit 8, NM — planned retirement, EIA data for June 2026

For Rio Grande unit 8, NM, planned retirement year is 2033; planned retirement month is 12; net summer capacity (mw) is 139; technology is Natural Gas Steam Turbine; fuel code is NG; operator is El Paso Electric Co, verified against its source on 2026-09-24.

- **Plant:** Rio Grande _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **EIA plant ID:** 2444 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Generator ID:** 8 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Planned retirement year:** 2033 _(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:** NM _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Net summer capacity (MW):** 139 _(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:** June 2026 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_

## What the source says

> 2033 | 12 | 5701 | El Paso Electric Co | Electric Utility | Rio Grande | NM | 2444 | 8 | 139 | 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-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/).