Retire nearly 80 percent of remaining coal-fired generation
Not delivered by the deadline
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- Announced
- 30 Oct 2019
- Due
- 31 Dec 2023
- Checked
- 16 Oct 2026
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“2018 Integrated Resource Plan, which calls for the retirement of nearly 80 percent of its remaining coal-fired generation by 2023”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
Filings after the 2023 deadline say the remaining coal-fired generation will be retired by the end of 2028, not 2023, so the timeline was pushed later.
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A NiSource 10-K filed 2024-02-21
“We intend to retire the remaining two coal units at R.M. Schahfer Generating Station by the end of 2025 and the remaining coal-fired generation by the end of 2028, to be replaced by lower-cost, reliable and cleaner options.” ✓ confirmed on the page
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A NiSource 10-K filed 2024-02-21
“retiring and replacing remaining coal-fired electric generation by 2028 with a balanced mix of low or zero-emission electric generation” ✓ confirmed on the page
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A NiSource 10-Q filed 2024-05-08
“the remaining coal-fired generation at Michigan City by the end of 2028, to be replaced by lower-cost, reliable and cleaner options.” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved -1.8% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (20 Feb 2024 to 23 Feb 2024). What this measures
Checked 16 Oct 2026.
Commitment DNA
The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.
- Event type
- Facility other
- Indicative materiality
- Medium rules
- Action
- Retire
- Deliverable
- Retirement of remaining coal-fired generation
- Target
- 80 percent
- Where
- Indiana
- Language
- Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
- In the company’s control
- Medium
- Specificity
- High
- Depends on
- Regulatory
How this entry was checked
- Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
- First checkAn AI model, Claude (Anthropic), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
- Second check: agreesA different AI model, Gemini (Google), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.
- Third check on a negative finding: agreesBecause a negative finding could harm a company if wrong, a stronger model re-read the evidence fully blind and reached the same answer.
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