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Kentucky Coal Association The task of the Kentucky Coal Association is to provide effective leadership for the coal industry.

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed approving Indiana's application to run its own coal combustion residual...
09/25/2026

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed approving Indiana's application to run its own coal combustion residuals permitting program, covering design, groundwater monitoring, closure and financial assurance at about 100 units. Indiana would be the tenth state with that authority and the largest such program in the country. The comment period runs 60 days, with a public hearing on November 12.

The Environmental Protection Agency announced on September 14 that it is repealing most of the 2024 greenhouse gas stand...
09/23/2026

The Environmental Protection Agency announced on September 14 that it is repealing most of the 2024 greenhouse gas standards for fossil-fuel power plants. EPA projects the repeal will save $310 billion. NERC has found 13 of its 23 assessment areas face resource-adequacy challenges over the next ten years.

East Kentucky Power Cooperative has built its data center tariff on cost causation: the customers whose demand drives ne...
09/21/2026

East Kentucky Power Cooperative has built its data center tariff on cost causation: the customers whose demand drives new investment carry those costs, rather than spreading them across existing ratepayers. Data centers ask for reliability around 99.999%, and meeting that level of demand requires firm capacity that runs every hour.

Coal plants in seven states have had retirement dates delayed or canceled to preserve dispatchable capacity, according t...
09/18/2026

Coal plants in seven states have had retirement dates delayed or canceled to preserve dispatchable capacity, according to analysts at Bank of America — in Maryland, Wisconsin, Indiana, Utah, Kansas, Nebraska and Mississippi. The same analysis projects that data centers will add roughly 125 gigawatts of load between 2026 and 2030.

The International Energy Agency now expects global coal demand to rise 1.2% this year to a record 8.94 billion tonnes, r...
09/16/2026

The International Energy Agency now expects global coal demand to rise 1.2% this year to a record 8.94 billion tonnes, reversing its earlier forecast of a decline. That follows record consumption of 8.84 billion tonnes in 2025. Power generation remains by far the largest use, with India forecast to grow 4.2% on electricity demand, pig iron, direct reduced iron and cement.

This week is the 38th annual National Truck Driver Appreciation Week. A lot of Kentucky coal moves by truck — from the m...
09/14/2026

This week is the 38th annual National Truck Driver Appreciation Week. A lot of Kentucky coal moves by truck — from the mine or the preparation plant to the loadout, the river terminal or the customer. The Kentucky Coal Association thanks the drivers who make those runs.

Twenty-five years ago today, nearly 3,000 people were killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and...
09/11/2026

Twenty-five years ago today, nearly 3,000 people were killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and aboard United Flight 93. The Kentucky Coal Association remembers them, and the first responders who went in after them.

U.S. coal exports rose 32% year over year in June, and the Energy Information Administration has raised its 2026 export ...
09/09/2026

U.S. coal exports rose 32% year over year in June, and the Energy Information Administration has raised its 2026 export forecast to 102 million short tons, up from 98 million a month earlier. Metallurgical coal exports increased year over year in each of the first six months of 2026, supported by new and reopened mines. Steam coal exports recovered in the second quarter as European and Asian buyers switched from natural gas.

Labor Day marks the contribution of American workers. Kentucky coal employs miners across both coalfields, along with th...
09/04/2026

Labor Day marks the contribution of American workers. Kentucky coal employs miners across both coalfields, along with the engineers, mechanics, electricians, surveyors, and the rail and barge crews who move what they produce. The Kentucky Coal Association thanks all of them.

Kentucky's energy planners are pointing at the fleet already running. At an August 18 discussion hosted by the Dependabl...
09/02/2026

Kentucky's energy planners are pointing at the fleet already running. At an August 18 discussion hosted by the Dependable Power First Kentucky coalition, EPIC executive director Eric King described the fastest available megawatt in the Commonwealth as the one already interconnected and running. East Kentucky Power Cooperative counsel David Samford noted a new plant can take six to seven years to develop, while data centers ask for 99.999% reliability.

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