US Coal Stocks Reach Highest Level Since 2020
Latest data released by the Energy Information Administration shows that electric power plants in the United States held 138 million tons of coal by May’s end. According to the agency, this is the highest level since the drop in the demand for coal and power recorded at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020. Overall, the share of coal used to generate power in the country over the last couple of years has greatly decreased. This has, in turn, caused coal stocks at power plants to plunge from record highs. For instance, the power sector in America used 385 million…