One of the station's generating sets was taken out of operation in 1995, reducing the stations capacity by 333 MW. There had been talk about the closure of Drakelow C Power Station since late 2002. However, in January 2003, E.ON announced that the station was to close and on 31 March 2003, the C station was desynchronized from the National Grid. It was mothballed soon after and left standing until October 2005. At 05.00 a.m. on 17 November 2005, the two tall chimneys were demolished. By April 2006, the two tall boiler houses had been stripped down to their steel frames, which were demolished at 10.00 a.m. on 27 April 2006.