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EIA: Mountain states quickly moving away from coal

Cari Kimball| October 21, 2016| Blog, Home Page - Read the Latest

by Brian Fadie

This week the Energy Information Administration (EIA) put out electricity generation numbers for mountain west states showing an on average decline in coal use by 13% over the past ten years.

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EIA also provides a good visual comparison between the states of fuel sources used for electricity.

See the full report here: http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=28412

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