Coal-Fired Power, Hit Hard by Natural Gas, Could See Further Market Erosion from Regulations -- Report

As the largest power grid in North America, the Eastern Interconnection encompasses 39 U.S. states, eight Canadian provinces and the District of Columbia.  Some 84 percent of all U.S. coal-fired capacity falls within its jurisdiction.

Given the Eastern Interconnection's lion-sized role in hosting the flow of coal-fired electrons in the United States, the findings of a recent report by the consultancy ICF International are unlikely to bring much comfort to the nation's faltering coal industry.  The report, commissioned by the Eastern Interconnection States' Planning Council (EISPC) and the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), finds few challenges to natural gas's current price advantage within current market or regulatory conditions.

Coal-Fired Power, Hit Hard by Natural Gas, Could See Further Market Erosion from Regulations -- Report