# West Valley East unit WVE, NY — planned retirement, EIA data for June 2026

For West Valley East unit WVE, NY, planned retirement year is 2057; planned retirement month is 12; net summer capacity (mw) is 5; technology is Solar Photovoltaic; fuel code is SUN; operator is BQ Energy LLC, verified against its source on 2026-09-24.

- **Plant:** West Valley East _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **EIA plant ID:** 62738 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Generator ID:** WVE _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Planned retirement year:** 2057 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Planned retirement month:** 12 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Operator:** BQ Energy LLC _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **EIA entity ID:** 59474 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Producer type:** IPP _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **State:** NY _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Net summer capacity (MW):** 5 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Technology:** Solar Photovoltaic _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Fuel code:** SUN _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Prime mover:** PV _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **EPM edition:** June 2026 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_

## What the source says

> 2057 | 12 | 59474 | BQ Energy LLC | IPP | West Valley East | NY | 62738 | WVE | 5 | Solar Photovoltaic | SUN | PV

## 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/).