Colorado will continue closing coal-fueled electric plants in 2025, all by 2031

Colorado is slowly phasing out the last of its coal-fueled electrical power plants, even though they still generated a third of the state’s total in-state energy generation in 2023.

The Colorado Department of Labor and Energy reports that 10 coal-fired units remain operational throughout the state. One of those 10 is scheduled to close by the end of this year, wiIth the remaining nine units all set to close by the end of 2031...

In 2023, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported that coal-fired power plants accounted for 32% of Colorado's total in-state energy generation...

Additionally, a 2022 report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration found that, between coal, petroleum and natural gas, coal produced the least amount of the state’s carbon dioxide emissions...

Independence Institute, a Colorado-based libertarian think tank, has expressed concerns about the state’s push for total decarbonization and increased costs to Coloradans...

“Colorado is shutting down coal plants and replacing them with unreliable renewables,” it said. “State law demands 100% decarbonization by 2040, yet without nuclear power — the most reliable, local, and carbon-free energy source — our grid is at risk.”

America Must, Can, And Should Renew Its Nuclear Energy Dominance, American Thinker, 9 February 2025.