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An AP story in today's NY Times: "WHEATLAND, Wyo. (AP) -- In the time it takes to microwave a frozen dinner, another 120 tons of coal is dumped from a railroad car at the Laramie River Station. It's a scene that can occur 200 times a day. "To keep electricity flowing to some 1.6 million homes, the power plant burns up to 24,000 tons of coal every day. Operating 24/7, the plant's three generating units require a dependable, steady stream of coal. "This past year, however, the stream of coal was anything but steady, even though the plant is only about 100 miles from the largest producing coal mines in the United States -- the Powder River Basin in northeast Wyoming, home to the nation's top 10 producing coal mines. "As the power plant's stockpile of coal, sapped by sporadic shipments, dwindled to less than a week's supply, Basin Electric Power Cooperative had to make plans for scaling back the plant's operations and power output." http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Railing-on-Coal.html? Dave
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