Trump Administration Wants More Coal

September 29, 2025--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Amid forecasts for a surge in electric power demand from data centers, the U.S. government is pressing for more coal on the grid. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its monthly market report for September that it expected coal-fired power plants to generate 9% more power over the remainder of the year than they did during the same period last year. This is in part due to so-called shoulder season, when power-plant operators take facilities offline for regular maintenance.