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

For Rio Grande, eia plant id is 2444; generator id is 7; planned retirement year is 2027; planned retirement month is 12; operator is El Paso Electric Co, verified against its source on 2026-08-11.

- **Plant:** Rio Grande _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **EIA plant ID:** 2444 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Generator ID:** 7 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Planned retirement year:** 2027 _(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):** 43.0 _(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:** May 2026 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 2027 | 12 | 5701 | El Paso Electric Co | Electric Utility | Rio Grande | NM | 2444 | 7 | 43.0 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | NG | ST |

## 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.
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