In 2026, Kentucky communities were awarded 14 Abandoned Mine Lands Economic Revitalization grants totaling more than $35 million. Since the program began in 2016, more than $280 million has gone to 120 Kentucky projects. #KentuckyCoal

EPA is taking public comment through November 2 on a proposal to rescind its greenhouse gas findings for fossil fuel-fired power plants. Docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0124 at regulations.gov. #KentuckyCoal

The Department of Energy has awarded $7.5 million to a University of Utah consortium to look for critical minerals and rare earths in coal seams and mining waste, under a program that reaches both of Kentucky's coalfields. #KentuckyCoal

China has agreed to import 10 million metric tons of US coal a year in 2027 and 2028, twenty million tons across the two years. Its commerce ministry said the purchases would provide income and employment for the American coal industry. #KentuckyCoal

A reclaimed coal mine in Bell County is being developed into a 12,000-acre wildlife preserve, described by its backers as an economic engine for the region. #KentuckyCoal

India's power ministry says coal will keep supplying about half the country's electricity through 2035-36, with coal-fired capacity expanding from 224 gigawatts to roughly 315 gigawatts alongside new renewables. #KentuckyCoal

An electric utility serving western Kentucky has told the state regulator it expects to keep its existing coal-fired and gas-fired plants in service beyond 2050. #KentuckyCoal

Coal and lignite are now more profitable to run than natural gas in European power markets for the first time since at least 2024, according to ICIS. Analysts expect that to hold through next year. #KentuckyCoal

The Department of Energy has issued new orders keeping coal-fired units at the F.B. Culley Generating Station in Indiana available to the grid, citing their performance during periods of high demand. #KentuckyCoal

EPA has proposed approving Indiana's application to run its own coal combustion residuals permitting program, covering about 100 units. Indiana would be the tenth state with that authority. Comments close November 16. #KentuckyCoal

The EPA announced on September 14 that it is repealing most of the 2024 greenhouse gas standards for fossil-fuel power plants. EPA projects the repeal will save $310 billion, and NERC has found 13 of its 23 assessment areas face resource-adequacy challenges. #KentuckyCoal

East Kentucky Power Cooperative has built its data center tariff on cost causation: the customers whose demand drives new investment carry those costs rather than existing ratepayers. #KentuckyCoal

Coal plants in seven states have had retirement dates delayed or canceled to preserve dispatchable capacity, according to Bank of America: Maryland, Wisconsin, Indiana, Utah, Kansas, Nebraska and Mississippi. #KentuckyCoal

The IEA now expects global coal demand to rise 1.2% this year to a record 8.94 billion tonnes, reversing its earlier forecast of a decline. Power generation remains by far the largest use. #KentuckyCoal

This week is the 38th annual National Truck Driver Appreciation Week. A lot of Kentucky coal moves by truck, from the mine or the preparation plant to the loadout, the river terminal or the customer. Our thanks to the drivers who make those runs. #KentuckyCoal

Twenty-five years ago today, nearly 3,000 people were killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and aboard United Flight 93. The Kentucky Coal Association remembers them, and the first responders who went in after them. #KentuckyCoal

U.S. coal exports rose 32% year over year in June, and EIA has raised its 2026 export forecast to 102 million short tons from 98 million. Metallurgical coal exports rose year over year in each of the first six months. #KentuckyCoal

Labor Day marks the contribution of American workers. Kentucky coal employs miners across both coalfields, along with the engineers, mechanics, electricians, surveyors, and rail and barge crews. Our thanks to all of them, on shift or off. #KentuckyCoal

Kentucky's energy planners are pointing at the fleet already running. EPIC executive director Eric King described the fastest available megawatt in the Commonwealth as the one already interconnected and running. New plants take six to seven years to build. #KentuckyCoal

The Tennessee Valley Authority adopted its 2026 Integrated Resource Plan on August 20, and it keeps coal in the mix — continued operation of the coal fleet as a cost-effective way to hold down system cost and reliability risk. #KentuckyCoal