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'''[[H.B. Robinson Steam Plant''' ]] and the [[Cape Fear Steam Plant]] ceased operation on October 1, 2012.<ref>[http://fossilfuel.energy-business-review.com/news/duke-energy-subsidiary-retires-two-coal-fired-power-plants-021012 "Duke Energy subsidiary retires two coal-fired power plants"] Fossil Fuel, October 2, 2012.</ref>
On December 1, 2009, Progress Energy announced that by 2017 it will be shutting down all of its coal-fired power plants that do not have flue-gas desulfurization controls (scrubbers). In all, four plants will be affected with a total of 11 coal-fired units. The plants that will be shut down are the [[Sutton Steam Plant]] near Wilmington, the [[Cape Fear Steam Plant]] near Monroe, the [[Weatherspoon Plant]] near Lumberton and the [[Lee Steam Plant]] near Goldsboro.<ref>"[http://progress-energy.com/aboutus/news/article.asp?id=22982 Progress Energy Carolinas plans to retire remaining unscrubbed coal plants in N.C.]," Progress Energy, accessed December 1, 2009.</ref>
===Coal and oil plants===
