From page 38 of Volume 1 of the PacifiCorp 2021 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP);
Coal unit retirements scheduled under the preferred portfolio include:
• 2023 = Jim Bridger Units 1-2, converted to natural gas peakers in 2024 (same retirement year for Jim Bridger 1 in 2019 IRP and instead of 2028 for Jim Bridger 2 in the 2019 IRP).
• 2025 = Naughton Units 1-2 (same as 2019 IRP)
• 2025 = Craig Unit 1 (same as 2019 IRP)
• 2025 = Colstrip Units 3-4 (instead of 2027 in the 2019 IRP)
• 2027 = Dave Johnston Units 1-4 (same as 2019 IRP)
• 2027 = Hayden Unit 2 (instead of 2030 in the 2019 IRP)
• 2028 = Craig Unit 2 (instead of 2026 in the 2019 IRP)
• 2028 = Hayden Unit 1 (instead of 2030 in the 2019 IRP)
• 2036 = Huntington Units 1-2 (same as 2019 IRP)
• 2037 = Jim Bridger Units 3-4 (same as 2019 IRP)
• 2039 = Wyodak (same as 2019 IRP but outside of 2019 IRP planning horizon)
Wyoming plants are emphasized by us in yellow highlight. Additional coal plants outside of WY scheduled for retirement by PacifiCorp are the Craig (CO), Hayden (CO), Colstrip (MT), and Huntington (UT) units.
Quite Noteworthy:
While there is a HUGE push for net-carbon-zero energy from west-coast-country-club-progressives, it appears PacifiCorp fails to account for the same, yet inversely proportional, HUGE push for electrified vehicles (EV) – failing to provide a projected estimate of the consistent megawatt output demand (graphs, charts, tables or otherwise) that would be sucked out of the grid on a daily basis by EVs across nine states.
