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

For Big Bend, eia plant id is 645; generator id is ST4; planned retirement year is 2040; planned retirement month is 1; operator is Tampa Electric Co, verified against its source on 2026-08-11.

- **Plant:** Big Bend _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **EIA plant ID:** 645 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Generator ID:** ST4 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Planned retirement year:** 2040 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Planned retirement month:** 1 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Operator:** Tampa Electric Co _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **EIA entity ID:** 18454 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Producer type:** Electric Utility _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **State:** FL _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Net summer capacity (MW):** 380.0 _(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

> 2040 | 1 | 18454 | Tampa Electric Co | Electric Utility | Big Bend | FL | 645 | ST4 | 380.0 | 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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