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Happy Thanksgiving!
The staff of the Kentucky Coal Association wishes each and every one of you a happy holiday season filled with love, laughter, and family. Happy Thanksgiving!
Lies, Damn Lies, and the Sierra Club
“The Sierra Club lives in some weird Orwellian world where up is down and left is right, where “reality” is whatever they decide it to be. Fortunately, most people don’t live in that world. We live in a world bounded by objective reality — a world where people need reliable energy, not fairy dust and […]
Kentucky Coal Issues Statement on PJM and MISO Warnings of Potential Electric Shortages During Current Heatwave
LEXINGTON, KY (July 28, 2023) — It’s hot today – around 95 degrees — and it’s supposed to be hot again tomorrow. But 95 degrees in late-July isn’t really strange for Kentucky. In fact, the average high temperature for this time of year is about 90 degrees. What is new is the increasing inability of our […]
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Happy Thanksgiving!
The staff of the Kentucky Coal Association wishes each and every one of you a happy holiday season filled with love, laughter, and family. Happy Thanksgiving!
Lies, Damn Lies, and the Sierra Club
“The Sierra Club lives in some weird Orwellian world where up is down and left is right, where “reality” is whatever they decide it to be. Fortunately, most people don’t live in that world. We live in a world bounded by objective reality — a world where people need reliable energy, not fairy dust and […]
Homecookin’: Watchdog Group Sounds Alarm About Top EPA Official’s Ties To Radical Group
By James Lynch Daily Caller A conservative watchdog organization is sounding the alarm over a top EPA official’s relationship with Georgetown University Law Center, which has sought to influence EPA policy on multiple occasions, documents show. EPA Deputy General Counsel for Nationwide Resource Protection Susannah Weaver was given approval by the agency to sit on the GULC board of […]
Archive News
June 9, 2023
States Fight to Save Coal Plants as EPA Cracks Down
By Jason Plautz, Energy Wire A new rule proposed last month by EPA could spell the end of coal-fired power plants as they currently exist. But not if some states have their way. As utilities transition from coal to cleaner-burning natural gas and renewable energy, legislatures in some legacy coal states have stepped into the fray. […]
April 2, 2023
KCA Thanks General Assembly for Protecting State’s Electric Grid with Passage of Senate Bill 4
FRANKFORT, KY (March 16, 2023) – The following is a statement from the Kentucky Coal Association (KCA) regarding the passage of State Senate Bill 4, sponsored by Senator Robby Mills, which will help protect the state’s electric grid from the threat posed by the ill-advised closure of much of the state’s coal-fired electric generation fleet. “Kentuckians […]
April 2, 2023
ICYMI: SENATOR MILLS ON SB4 ENACTMENT WITHOUT BESHEAR’S SIGNATURE
FRANKFORT, KY (March 29, 2023) – The following is a statement from Senator Robby Mills regarding the passage of State Senate Bill 4 without Governor Beshear’s signature. The bill, sponsored by Senator Robby Mills, will help protect the state’s electric grid from the threat posed by the ill-advised closure of much of the state’s coal-fired electric […]
April 2, 2023
‘Stand for our fossil.’ KY lawmakers tell utilities to keep the coal plants burning
BY LIAM NIEMEYER Kentucky Lantern Mar 17, 2023 FRANKFORT — A bill backed by Kentucky’s coal industry that would make it harder for utilities to retire fossil fuel-fired power plants received final passage Thursday in the Kentucky House of Representatives, sending the legislation for Gov. Andy Beshear’s consideration. Senate Bill 5, primarily sponsored by Sen. […]
April 2, 2023
Coal, No Longer Shunned, Keeps Europe’s Lights on Through Frigid Weather
Europe passed its first winter test without Russian energy, keeping the lights on through this month’s cold blast. The secret to its success: burning more coal than it has in years. Consuming large amounts of coal represents a difficult choice for European nations that had promised to ditch the carbon-intensive fuel to contain climate change. Russia’s cut to […]
March 3, 2023
KCA Questions Vice President Harris’ “Facts” About Electric Prices
LEXINGTON, KY (February 24, 2023) — In comments to a homebuyer’s group at Bowie State University this past Wednesday, Vice President Kamala Harris made the astounding claim that the Biden Administration has “reduced heating and electricity bills, so folks will have more money in their pockets…” This is a claim that, frankly leaves us scratching […]