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Friday, May 24, 2019

MISO Region: Coal Re-takes Market Share from Gas, But Gas Still Outperforming 2018

Very briefly, gas overtook coal in late April, but coal-fired power generation has risen against gas since then.



Never the less, on a total carbon demand basis, gas is averaging about 8 points higher than 2018 in May.  Unfortunately, total load in the system has been well below the prior year, so we have not seen this curve tested at summer heat loads yet: