Coal Use Continues Falling as Utilities Announce Generating Plant Closure
Coal Use Continues Falling as Utilities Announce Generating Plant Closure
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SUGAR LAND, TEXAS--December 26, 2018--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Despite President Donald Trump's efforts to support the coal industry, coal use among U.S. utilities is projected to fall to a 39-year low this year, and then drop again in 2019, according to a December 4 report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) (Washington, D.C.). For more on that report, see December 5, 2018, article - EIA: U.S. Coal Consumption Drops to Lowest Level Since 1979, an Industrial Info Market Brief.
Within this article: Recently announced U.S. coal-fired power plant closures.
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