The Merrimack Station coal plant sits on the banks of the Merrimack River in New Hampshire.
Today, we’re celebrating some good news: As part of an agreement to resolve a lawsuit brought by CLF and the Sierra Club, Granite Shore Power has agreed to shutter New England’s last two coal-fired power plants. New Hampshire’s Merrimack Station in Bow will close by June 1, 2028, and potentially one year earlier than that. Schiller Station in Portsmouth, which hasn’t operated in recent years, will shut down its coal-fired boilers no later than December 31, 2025. With the closure of these outdated, polluting plants, New England moves decisively into an age of clean energy, becoming the country’s second entirely coal-free region. Thanks to CLF’s decades-long campaign to halt this dangerous and obsolete fuel, New Hampshire residents can breathe a little easier.
But while…