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Short-Term Energy Outlook See Coal Section Forecast Analysis - US quarterly projections of coal to 2009 pages: 58, released: June 10, 2008, periodicity: Monthly, contact: Tancred Lidderdale (202)586-7321 Annual Energy Outlook - Coal Section, Forecasts Comparison Section Forecast Analysis - US annual projections of coal to 2030 by US region. Annual Energy Outlook Supporting Reports- Assumptions for Coal Market Module NEMS: An Overview 2003 (Coal Market Module) (also available in printer-friendly version) National Energy Modeling System: Model Documentation Coal Market Module pages: 224, AEO released: June 2008 (supporting reports released thereafter), periodicity: Yearly, contact: Michael Mellish (202)586-2136 International Energy Outlook - World Coal Consumption Section Forecast Analysis - International projections of coal to 2030 by region. pages: 12, released: June 2008, periodicity: Yearly, contact: Michael Mellish (202)586-2136 Impacts of Modeled Recommendations of the National Commission on Energy Policy Forcast Analysis - This report responds to a December 17, 2004 request by Senator Jeff Bingaman asking EIA to assess the impacts of the recommendations made by the National Commission on Energy Policy (NCEP) in its December 2004 report entitled Ending the Energy Stalemate: A Bipartisan Strategy to Meet America’s Energy Challenges. pages: 52, released: April 2005, periodicity: One-time, contact: Michael Mellish (202)586-2136) Coal Transportation Rate Sensitivity Analysis (also available in printer-friendly version ) On December 21, 2004, the Surface Transportation Board (STB) requested that the Energy Information Administration (EIA) analyze the impact of changes in coal transportation rates on projected levels of electric power sector energy use and emissions. pages: 15, released: January 2005, periodicity: One-time, contact Michael Mellish (202)586-2136 Coal Transportation: Rates and Trends in the United States, 1979-2001 (with Supplementary Data to 2002) The report presents transportation-rate data calculated between specific origins and destinations for the most recent period, from 1999 through 2001, and for two baseline years, 1979 and 1990. The tables in Section 1 also include data for 2002 that are available from coal distribution and coal receipts surveys conducted by EIA, which provide some insight into coal volume and origin/destination trends beyond 2001. pages: N/A, released: September 2004, periodicity: Data-Dependent, contact Richard Bonskowski (202) 287-1725 Analysis of S. 1844, the Clear Skies Act of 2003; S. 843, the Clean Air Planning Act of 2003; and S. 366, the Clean Power Act of 2003 (also available in printer-friendly version ) Forecast Analysis - This report responds to a request from Senator James Inhofe received by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) on March 19, 2004. Senator Inhofe requested that the EIA analyze the impacts of S. 1844, the Clear Skies Act of 2003, S. 843, the Clean Air Planning Act of 2003, and S. 366, the Clean Power Act of 2003. pages: 100, released: May 2004, periodicity: One-time, contact: Alan Beamon (202)586-2025 Impact of Technological Change and Productivity on the Coal Market - (also available in printer-friendly version Forecast Analysis - This paper discusses the relative impacts that these components have on aggregate productivity and assesses the ability of the industry to continue its strong rate of performance in this area. pages: 52, released: July 2002, periodicity: One-time, contact: Michael Mellish (202)586-2136 Chapter 4 - Fuel Market and Macroeconomic Impacts Forecast Analysis - Analysis of Strategies for Reducing Multiple Emissions from Power Plants: Sulfur Dioxide, Nitrogen Oxides, and Carbon Dioxide released: May 2002, periodicity: one-time, contact: Michael Mellish (202)586-2136 Chapter 4 - Fuel Market and Macroeconomic Impacts Forecast Analysis - Analysis of Strategies for Reducing Multiple Emissions from Electric Power Plants: Sulfur Dioxide, Nitrogen Oxides, Carbon Dioxide, and Mercury and a Renewable Portfolio Standard released: October 2001, periodicity: one-time, contact: Michael Mellish (202)586-2136 Energy Policy Act Transportation Rate Study: Final Report on Coal Transportation (also available in printer-friendly version This is the third and final report to Congress by the Secretary of Energy, required by Title XIII of the Energy Policy Act of 1992. It examines changes in domestic coal transportation rates and coal distribution patterns since the enactment of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAAA90). pages: 93, released: October 2000, Periodicity: N/A, Contact: Richard Bonskowski (202) 287-1725 Impacts of the Kyoto Protocol on U.S. Energy Markets & Economic Activity - Summary, Economics/Markets, Technology/Early Start, Fossil Fuel Supply Forecast Analysis - EIA undertook this study in response to a request by the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the House Committee on Science that it analyze impacts of the Protocol (which the President has not yet submitted to the U.S. Senate for ratification) on U.S. energy use, prices, and the general economy in the 2008-2012 time frame. That is when this country is supposed to reach an average level of net greenhouse gas emissions 7 percent lower than they were in 1990--having shown demonstrable progress toward that goal by 2005 released: October 1998, periodicity: one-time, contact: Michael Mellish (202)586-2136 Challenges of Electric Power Industry Restructuring for Fuel Suppliers The U.S. coal and electric power industries are tightly linked: more than 87 percent of total domestic coal consumption is used for generation by utilities, and coal accounts for more than 56 percent of utility power generation. The purpose of this report is to provide an assessment of the changes in other energy industries that could occur as the result of restructuring in the electric power industry. pages: N/A, released: September 1998, Periodicity: One-time, Contact William Watson (202) 287-1971 Issues in Midterm Analysis and Forecasting 1998 - Coal Pricing Methodology for the Annual Energy Outlook 1998 Forecast Analysis - This report includes a series of nine papers (seven are listed below), which cover topics in analysis and modeling that underlie the Annual Energy Outlook 1998, as well as other significant issues in midterm energy markets released: July 1998, Periodicity: N/A, Contact: Michael Mellish (202) 586-2136 Energy Policy Act Transportation Rate Study: Interim Report on Coal Transportation The primary purpose of this report is to examine changes in domestic coal distribution and railroad coal transportation rates since enactment of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAAA90). From 1988 through 1993, the demand for low-sulfur coal increased, as the 1995 deadline for compliance with Phase I of CAAA90 approached. pages: 136, released: October 1995, Periodicity: N/A, Contact: Richard Bonskowski (202) 287-1725 The U.S. Coal Industry in the 1990's: Low Prices and Record Production This article describes and examines structural and operational changes in the U.S. coal industry in the 1990's. During the decade, U.S. coal production continued an established growth pattern, buttressed by steadily increasing demand for coal for electric power generation. pages: 21, released: , Periodicity: N/A, Contact Richard Bonskowski (202) 287-1725

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Coal Analyses Analysis Reports and Papers related to coal (most current first)

Short-Term Energy Outlook See Coal Section
Forecast Analysis - US quarterly projections of coal to 2009
pages: 58, released: June 10, 2008, periodicity: Monthly, contact: Tancred Lidderdale (202)586-7321

Annual Energy Outlook - Coal Section, Forecasts Comparison Section
Forecast Analysis - US annual projections of coal to 2030 by US region.
Annual Energy Outlook Supporting Reports-
Assumptions for Coal Market Module
NEMS: An Overview 2003 (Coal Market Module) (also available in printer-friendly version)
National Energy Modeling System: Model Documentation Coal Market Module
pages: 224, AEO released: June 2008 (supporting reports released thereafter), periodicity: Yearly, contact: Michael Mellish (202)586-2136

International Energy Outlook - World Coal Consumption Section
Forecast Analysis - International projections of coal to 2030 by region.
pages: 12, released: June 2008, periodicity: Yearly, contact: Michael Mellish (202)586-2136

Impacts of Modeled Recommendations of the National Commission on Energy Policy
Forcast Analysis - This report responds to a December 17, 2004 request by Senator Jeff Bingaman asking EIA to assess the impacts of the recommendations made by the National Commission on Energy Policy (NCEP) in its December 2004 report entitled Ending the Energy Stalemate: A Bipartisan Strategy to Meet America’s Energy Challenges.
pages: 52, released: April 2005, periodicity: One-time, contact: Michael Mellish (202)586-2136)

Coal Transportation Rate Sensitivity Analysis (also available in printer-friendly version )
On December 21, 2004, the Surface Transportation Board (STB) requested that the Energy Information Administration (EIA) analyze the impact of changes in coal transportation rates on projected levels of electric power sector energy use and emissions.
pages: 15, released: January 2005, periodicity: One-time, contact Michael Mellish (202)586-2136

Coal Transportation: Rates and Trends in the United States, 1979-2001 (with Supplementary Data to 2002)
The report presents transportation-rate data calculated between specific origins and destinations for the most recent period, from 1999 through 2001, and for two baseline years, 1979 and 1990. The tables in Section 1 also include data for 2002 that are available from coal distribution and coal receipts surveys conducted by EIA, which provide some insight into coal volume and origin/destination trends beyond 2001.
pages: N/A, released: September 2004, periodicity: Data-Dependent, contact Richard Bonskowski (202) 287-1725

Analysis of S. 1844, the Clear Skies Act of 2003; S. 843, the Clean Air Planning Act of 2003; and S. 366, the Clean Power Act of 2003 (also available in printer-friendly version )
Forecast Analysis - This report responds to a request from Senator James Inhofe received by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) on March 19, 2004. Senator Inhofe requested that the EIA analyze the impacts of S. 1844, the Clear Skies Act of 2003, S. 843, the Clean Air Planning Act of 2003, and S. 366, the Clean Power Act of 2003.
pages: 100, released: May 2004, periodicity: One-time, contact: Alan Beamon (202)586-2025

Impact of Technological Change and Productivity on the Coal Market - (also available in printer-friendly version
Forecast Analysis - This paper discusses the relative impacts that these components have on aggregate productivity and assesses the ability of the industry to continue its strong rate of performance in this area.
pages: 52, released: July 2002, periodicity: One-time, contact: Michael Mellish (202)586-2136

Chapter 4 - Fuel Market and Macroeconomic Impacts
Forecast Analysis - Analysis of Strategies for Reducing Multiple Emissions from Power Plants: Sulfur Dioxide, Nitrogen Oxides, and Carbon Dioxide
released: May 2002, periodicity: one-time, contact: Michael Mellish (202)586-2136

Chapter 4 - Fuel Market and Macroeconomic Impacts
Forecast Analysis - Analysis of Strategies for Reducing Multiple Emissions from Electric Power Plants: Sulfur Dioxide, Nitrogen Oxides, Carbon Dioxide, and Mercury and a Renewable Portfolio Standard
released: October 2001, periodicity: one-time, contact: Michael Mellish (202)586-2136

Energy Policy Act Transportation Rate Study: Final Report on Coal Transportation (also available in printer-friendly version
This is the third and final report to Congress by the Secretary of Energy, required by Title XIII of the Energy Policy Act of 1992. It examines changes in domestic coal transportation rates and coal distribution patterns since the enactment of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAAA90).
pages: 93, released: October 2000, Periodicity: N/A, Contact: Richard Bonskowski (202) 287-1725

Impacts of the Kyoto Protocol on U.S. Energy Markets & Economic Activity - Summary, Economics/Markets, Technology/Early Start, Fossil Fuel Supply
Forecast Analysis - EIA undertook this study in response to a request by the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the House Committee on Science that it analyze impacts of the Protocol (which the President has not yet submitted to the U.S. Senate for ratification) on U.S. energy use, prices, and the general economy in the 2008-2012 time frame. That is when this country is supposed to reach an average level of net greenhouse gas emissions 7 percent lower than they were in 1990--having shown demonstrable progress toward that goal by 2005
released: October 1998, periodicity: one-time, contact: Michael Mellish (202)586-2136

Challenges of Electric Power Industry Restructuring for Fuel Suppliers
The U.S. coal and electric power industries are tightly linked: more than 87 percent of total domestic coal consumption is used for generation by utilities, and coal accounts for more than 56 percent of utility power generation. The purpose of this report is to provide an assessment of the changes in other energy industries that could occur as the result of restructuring in the electric power industry.
pages: N/A, released: September 1998, Periodicity: One-time, Contact William Watson (202) 287-1971

Issues in Midterm Analysis and Forecasting 1998 - Coal Pricing Methodology for the Annual Energy Outlook 1998
Forecast Analysis - This report includes a series of nine papers (seven are listed below), which cover topics in analysis and modeling that underlie the Annual Energy Outlook 1998, as well as other significant issues in midterm energy markets
released: July 1998, Periodicity: N/A, Contact: Michael Mellish (202) 586-2136

Energy Policy Act Transportation Rate Study: Interim Report on Coal Transportation
The primary purpose of this report is to examine changes in domestic coal distribution and railroad coal transportation rates since enactment of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAAA90). From 1988 through 1993, the demand for low-sulfur coal increased, as the 1995 deadline for compliance with Phase I of CAAA90 approached.
pages: 136, released: October 1995, Periodicity: N/A, Contact: Richard Bonskowski (202) 287-1725

The U.S. Coal Industry in the 1990's: Low Prices and Record Production
This article describes and examines structural and operational changes in the U.S. coal industry in the 1990's. During the decade, U.S. coal production continued an established growth pattern, buttressed by steadily increasing demand for coal for electric power generation.
pages: 21, released: , Periodicity: N/A, Contact Richard Bonskowski (202) 287-1725