AEP to retire Oklaunion coal plant due to renewables, gas competition

Utility Dive: The Oklaunion retirement is another indication that President Trump's efforts to revive domestic coal generation are losing out to market forces.

Opened in 1987, Oklaunion is relatively young compared to many of the coal generators that have retired in recent years, and Texas has no state environmental policies or renewable energy subsidies that might push it offline earlier.

Instead, Oklaunion is falling prey to the same conditions that pushed three gigawatt-scale coal plants out of the Texas market this year: cheap gas and renewables.

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