FPA Section 202(c) Unit Operations Tracker
Beginning in May 2025, the U.S. Department of Energy invoked Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act to issue emergency orders preventing the planned retirements of coal and gas-fired generating units at six facilities across five states. This tracker analyzes hourly EPA CAMPD data for all 10 ordered units — November 2022 through March 2026 — to examine how these units operated before and after the orders took effect.
Capacity factor: pre-order vs post-order
Generation-weighted averages across all hours in each period. Craig C1 and Schahfer 18 have zero post-order generation.
Unit status summary
Key findings
References
Note on AI-generated content: Key Findings narrative interpretations were drafted with AI assistance based on the underlying CAMPD data and the references above. Readers are encouraged to verify specific factual claims against the cited sources. Quantitative values are derived directly from the EPA CAMPD hourly dataset; interpretive framing reflects judgments that should be independently checked.