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Monday, April 29, 2019

Coal Power Decline in Southern Power Pool

Coal-fired power in SPP (Southern Power Pool) declined sharply in March-April.  Here is the Year-on-Year comparison for both coal and gas fired power.  While gas is taking a much larger market share of fossil fuel generation now, the net effect has not yet resulted in more gas use because total load is down, wind generation is up, and nuclear is also up.