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Half the country’s coal-fired electricity generation expected to shut down by 2026

Colorado’s second-largest electricity provider – the Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association – is set to lose nearly a quarter of its revenue as member electric cooperatives wholly or partia...

As many investors were turning away from coal, others saw an opportunity — and are now being rewarded. Tight coal supplies and increased demand have driven up prices, allowing U.S. coal producers to reap profits after many faced bankruptcy and large debt loads in recent years. And with U.S. coal consumption on a path of ...

Utility industry news and analysis for energy professionals.

U.S. coal miners are experimenting with greener business projects as long-term demand for the carbon-intensive fuel collapses around them. Creative coal mining companies, flush with cash from a bump in coal prices in 2021, are insulating themselves against future decreased demand by building solar projects on land they hold or setting up carbon sequestration zones. ...

One major Wyoming coal producer is using the temporary surge in coal production and pricing as an opportunity to pay for planned mine closures.  Dustin

There are now fewer than 10 plants without a planned retirement date.

Observers worry a sale or spinoff of Teck Resources’ coal mines in B.C.’s Elk Valley could mean fewer resources for selenium pollution cleanup

The resurgence of thermal coal, which is burned to generate electricity, raises serious questions about the so-called “energy transition.”

TOM LUTEY Colstrip Power Plant operator and co-owner Talen Energy was one of 13 electricity companies who last week offered to work with President Joe Biden on a plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions at power plants by 2030. Talen and the other companies suggested they could cut carbon emissions to levels equal to 20% of what pollution levels were in 2005. Reuters news service, which was given to access to the letter, reported that companies said the 2030 benchmark aligned with Biden...