A Pile of Retirements: The Next 10 Years for Western Coal Plants
- August 19, 2019
- Ben Kujala
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Coal has been used to generate electricity from the beginning of the electric grid. But generating electricity from coal, at least in the West, may become a thing of the past. And utilities' plans indicate the decline of coal generation in the West will be rapid over the next decade.