New England says goodbye to coal as Merrimack Station powers down

October 23, 2025

The towering smokestacks of New England’s last coal-fired power plant have gone quiet. Merrimack Station in Bow, New Hampshire, shut down in September, years ahead of its scheduled closure, marking the end of coal-fired energy production in the region. Merrimack Station had supplied electricity to the region since the 1960s. But as coal’s financial viability […]