Final Coal-Fired Power Plants in New England to Close, Paving the Way for Green Energy

The final coal-fired power plants in New England are slated to shutter in the coming years, making it the second region to phase out the energy source that powered the U.S. economy for decades. In an announcement late last month, New Hampshire-based power provider Granite Shore Power said it had reached an agreement with federal officials to shutter its Schiller Station in 2025 and its Merrimack Station by mid-2028.

The action underscores the region's and, more broadly, the nation's steady march toward a future dominated by green energy. Environmental activists have called for this change for years — energy advocates have warned against it. 'Everybody in our region is finally going to be breathing cleaner air,' Johanna Neumann, the senior director of Environment America's Campaign for 100% Renewable Energy, told Fox News Digital in an intervie

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New England’s last coal plants will close by 2028Merrimack Station, which is New England’s last running coal plant located in New Hampshire, will stop operating in 2028. In New England, coal makes up less than 1% of the region’s energy.
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