Unit 8 retired October 2014.<ref name=TVA/>
===Unit 7planned for retirement October 2015===In May 2015 TVA said it would close the last remaining unit 7 at its Widows Creek coal plant in October 2015. Unit 7 was scheduled to be shut down in 2019, but TVA Chief Operating Officer Chip Pardee said early closure would be more favorable for TVA financially than continuing to operate it.<ref>[http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2015/05/tva_to_close_last_unit_at_wido.html "TVA to close last unit at Widows Creek coal plant, 90 jobs lost,"] Alabama.com, May 7, 2015</ref>
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