FEASIBILITY OF CONSIDERABLY EXPANDED USE OF WESTERN COAL BY MIDWESTERN AND EASTERN UTILITIES IN THE PERIOD 1978 AND BEYOND

This report evaluates the economic impact of western, midwestern and eastern coal competing for the same markets in developing an optimum coal use strategy. A general expansion in the use of surface mined western coal by midwestern and eastern utilities in the period 1978 and beyond is concluded to be economically viable.

• Corporate Authors:

  Pittsburgh University, Pittsburgh

  School of Engineering
  Pittsburgh, PA  United States  15213

  Federal Energy Administration

  Office of Energy Resource Development
  Washington, DC  United States  20461
• Authors:
  • Jones, J W
  • PAULSEN, T A
• Publication Date: 1975-11-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 61 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Coal; Coal fuels; Coal industry; Coal mining; Coal resources; Costs; Economic analysis; Economic impacts; Electric power generation; Electric utilities; Feasibility analysis; Forecasting; Freight traffic; Public utilities; Traffic forecasting; Transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Utilities
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Coal utilization
• Subject Areas: Economics; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00146304
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FEA/G-76-304
• Contract Numbers: FEA-CO-05-50259-00
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 16 1977 12:00AM