license: other
license_name: tensorust-sample-license
license_link: https://tensorust.com/datasets/eia860-retirements/
pretty_name: Retiring Power Plant Sites (free sample)
language:
- en
tags:
- tensorust
- sample
- energy
- government-data
- finance
size_categories:
- n<1K
configs:
- config_name: sample
data_files:
- split: train
path: sample.csv
- config_name: summary
data_files:
- split: train
path: summary_by_state.csv
Retiring Power Plant Sites: free sample (Tensorust LLC)
Every U.S. generator scheduled to retire through 2031, and every one that retired since 2022, with the site, owner and grid.
Headline: 53,153 MW of operating U.S. generating capacity, 285 generators at 132 plants, carries a planned retirement date between 2026 and 2031 in EIA's September 2026 860M, and another 54,411 MW retired from 2022 on.
This repository is a free teaser, not the dataset. It holds 25 example rows and a summary table with no names in it. The full file has 1,648 rows and is sold by Tensorust LLC: https://tensorust.com/datasets/eia860-retirements/.
Files here
| file | what it is |
|---|---|
sample.csv |
25 rows of the full file (the same sample shown on tensorust.com) |
summary_by_state.csv |
row counts and totals by state across the full file, no entity names (groups with fewer than 3 rows are folded into "Other") |
Summary by state (largest groups)
| State | rows | Nameplate capacity (MW) |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 255 | 5,750 |
| VA | 138 | 2,518 |
| NY | 81 | 1,367 |
| OH | 75 | 4,651 |
| TX | 71 | 8,336 |
| IL | 67 | 10,389 |
| NJ | 67 | 1,511 |
| NC | 62 | 1,992 |
| MN | 60 | 4,593 |
| TN | 59 | 6,951 |
| AK | 51 | 54 |
| CO | 45 | 5,101 |
| TOTAL | 1,648 | 107,561 |
Full table: summary_by_state.csv.
What the full file has
- 1,648 rows
- Key fields: record_type, plant_id, plant_name, generator_id, owner_entity_id, owner_entity, state, county, latitude, longitude
- Parquet and CSV, a README with sources, method and limits, and the build script
- Free 25-row sample (no personal contact data)
Coverage: All U.S. generators of 1 MW or more reported on EIA-860M: 1,648 generator rows at 662 plants, 107,564 MW. EIA-860M September 2026 release; built Nov 6 2026
Columns in the full file
| column | meaning |
|---|---|
record_type |
planned retirement (still operating) or retired since 2022 |
plant_id |
EIA plant code |
plant_name |
Plant name |
generator_id |
EIA generator id |
owner_entity_id |
EIA entity id of the reporting owner or operator |
owner_entity |
Reporting entity name |
state |
Plant state |
county |
Plant county |
latitude |
Plant latitude |
longitude |
Plant longitude |
balancing_authority |
Balancing authority code (PJM, MISO, CISO and so on) |
sector |
EIA sector (utility, IPP, CHP and so on) |
technology |
EIA technology |
fuel_code |
Energy source code |
prime_mover |
Prime mover code |
nameplate_mw |
Generator nameplate MW |
summer_mw |
Net summer capacity MW |
operating_year |
Year the generator went into service |
planned_retirement_year |
Planned (or actual, for retired rows) retirement year |
planned_retirement_month |
Planned or actual retirement month |
years_in_service_at_retirement |
Retirement year minus operating year |
status |
EIA status code, or retired |
plant_nameplate_mw |
Plant's total operating nameplate MW now (0 when the plant is fully retired) |
plant_generators |
Operating generators at the plant |
plant_retiring_mw |
Plant MW with a planned retirement 2026 to 2031 |
plant_retiring_share |
plant_retiring_mw over plant_nameplate_mw |
plant_retired_since_2022_mw |
Plant MW retired 2022 on |
plant_fully_closed |
True when the plant has no operating capacity left |
owner_oid |
Tensorust ontology organization id for the owner |
owner_sources |
Public sources the owner appears in |
owner_federal_awards_fy25plus |
Owner's federal awards FY2025 on, USD (ontology) |
Get the full file
| tier | price | includes |
|---|---|---|
| Grid region file | $750 | Every planned and recent retirement in one balancing authority or up to 3 states, with coordinates, plant shares and owners. CSV, Excel and a map-ready GeoJSON on request. |
| National site list | $3,500 | All 1,648 generators at 662 plants nationwide, plant roll-ups, owner ontology links. |
| Monthly tracker | $9,000 a year | The national list re-run on every monthly EIA-860M release, with retirement dates that moved, new announcements and plants that fully closed marked. Internal use, unlimited seats. |
Email mattbusel@tensorust.com with the tier and a billing contact, and we will send a proper invoice (ACH or card). The file is delivered once the invoice is paid. Details and the live sample: https://tensorust.com/datasets/eia860-retirements/. All datasets: https://tensorust.com/datasets/
Method and limits
Read the EIA-860M September 2026 generator workbook, keep Operating generators with a planned retirement year 2026 to 2031 and Retired generators with a retirement year of 2022 or later, sum each plant's operating nameplate, compute the plant's retiring MW and share, flag plants with no operating capacity left, and join the owner name to the Tensorust ontology (111 of 455 owners matched).
Not a list of sites for sale, not a firm retirement (owners move planned dates, and EIA reports what owners file), and not interconnection rights (reusing a point of interconnection depends on the grid operator's rules). Owner is the EIA reporting entity, not every co-owner.
Sources
- EIA-860M Monthly Update to the Annual Electric Generator Report, September 2026, https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m/
License
The sample and summary here are free to view, analyze and cite with attribution to "Tensorust LLC, https://tensorust.com/datasets/eia860-retirements/". The full dataset is licensed separately per tier. No resale or redistribution of Tensorust data without a written license.
Tensorust LLC, Tuckahoe NY. mattbusel@tensorust.com | https://tensorust.com