Coal

"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday unanimously rejected a proposal by Energy Secretary Rick Perry that would have propped up nuclear and coal power plants struggling in competitive electricity markets.
The independent five-member commission includes four people appointed by President Trump, three of them Republicans. Its decision is binding.

                                                        The Washington Post. Full Story HERE.

Alabama Power Plant Control Room

Coal Ash being loaded in TN to go to Alabama Landfill

Some Alabama politicians have embraced "clean coal", but even Alabama Power and its parent,The Southern Company, are moving to cheaper natural gas.



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Those moves mirror what TVA is doing---closing down coal plants, reports the Chattanooga Times Free Press:

The share of TVA energy generated by coal-fired plants fell from 34 percent of the electricity produced in fiscal 2015 to 25 percent in fiscal 2017 and is on pace to drop to only 20 percent next year.
Under a 2011 agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and environmental groups, TVA agreed to clean up or shut down its oldest coal-fired plants to reduce air pollution and coal ash contamination in area streams and rivers.

TVA has shut down coal fired units in three Alabama plants.