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US Coal Plants' Fate Hinges on June Power-Price Auction
The country’s biggest grid will announce next week how much it will pay generators to ensure people’s lights stay on. Some plants won’t make the cut.
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With the need to reduce use of fossil fuels in transportation and other areas, demand is likely to increase for solutions that increase dependence on electricity and the electrical grid.
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The use of coal, a staple of heating and electricity-generation for decades, is in decline in the United States — supplanted by newly abundant production of natural gas — but is still dominant in some parts of the world. While economical, coal use is particularly problematic as international attention focuses increasingly on climate change.