ENERGY & COAL IN UTAH.

• Position: Around Utah: Facts

$7B

Of Utah's $7 billion--$10 billion value in mineral and energy resource production, coal accounts for 5--10 percent, or more than $500 million each year since 2005.

1.6%

Utah accounts for only 1.6 percent of U.S. coal production.

17%

U.S. coal consumption declined by 13 percent in 2015 from the previous year, and declined another 17 percent in 2016.

5TH

Utah is fifth highest in the nation for percentage of coal-fueled electricity in its mix of electricity generation.

Natural gas electricity production surpassed coal nationally in 2015.

2015

In 2015, coal production in Utah was just over half of what was produced in 2001.

90%

In the United States, over 90 percent of coal is used in the electric power sector.

States with a greater proportion of coal power in their mix of electricity generation tend to have lower electricity prices.

The cost of electricity from natural gas, wind and solar is now typically lower than operating, maintaining and upgrading coal-fueled resources.

Utah recently closed one electricity plant and has possible timelines for ceasing coal-fueled...