EIA - Fossil Fuel Use In Power Sector Lowest Since 1994; Coal Use Lowest Since 1982
Total fossil fuel use in the power sector dropped to its lowest level since 1994, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported this week.
Equally remarkable, the EIA the federal agency responsible for energy statistics further notes that coal for electricity is at a 36-year low. It stated: In 2017, coal consumption by the electric power sector reached its lowest level since 1982.
Despite President Trumps repeated promises to resuscitate the collapsing U.S. coal industry, the long-term trends cannot be reversed. Indeed, the economics of coal have gotten worse since Trump took office, as one leading energy analyst said earlier this month.
Already more coal capacity was retired in the first 45 days of 2018 than in any of the first three years of the Obama administration. And energy-industry analysts project a faster than expected pace of coal plant retirements in the coming years.
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