# Riverton — Planned US generating-unit retirements: which plant and unit is scheduled to close, in which month, and what has been published before

For Riverton, eia plant id is 1239; generator id is 11; planned retirement year is 2026; planned retirement month is 8; operator is Empire District Electric Co, verified against its source on 2026-08-11.

- **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):** 14.0 _(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:** May 2026 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 2026 | 8 | 5860 | Empire District Electric Co | Electric Utility | Riverton | KS | 1239 | 11 | 14.0 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | NG | GT |

## Source

- https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.php?t=table_6_06

Last verified: 2026-08-11. Review by: 2026-09-20.
Part of [Planned US generating-unit retirements: which plant and unit is scheduled to close, in which month, and what has been published before](https://referencesource.org/power-plant-retirement-schedule/).