Only THREE Weeks to Go Before Bluefield Coal Symposium
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What is very possibly the most distinguished group of decision makers in the industry ever assembled for a coal event has been brought together and those attending will take away with them an accurate picture of the future of coal and how they can have an impact in it.
The Bluefield Coal Symposium has the theme Using U.S. Coal for a Better America. This national event is jointly presented by the Chamber of Commerce of the Two Virginias and CoalZoom.com. The symposium is being held on August 12- 14, 2024 at the Chuck Mathena Center, 1298 Stafford Drive, Princeton, WV. which is a beautiful 930-seat theater with state-of-the-art audio and visual capabilities as well as stunning architecture.
Chuck Mathena Center
Over three days, there are three technical sessions, two dinners, and one luncheon and is one of the major events in the 2024 coal calendar leading up to MINExpo®. The events are six weeks apart.
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NMA Applauds, Urges Action on Bipartisan Permitting Deal
The National Mining Association (NMA) has issued the following statement from Rich Nolan, NMA president and CEO, on the news that Sens. Joe Manchin (I-W. Va.) and John Barrasso (R.- Wyo.) have advanced a bipartisan permitting package in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
Rich Nolan
Nolan said, “The status quo on mine permitting is no longer an option; the time to reform our permitting process is now. Our manufacturing sector’s ability to produce the consumer and energy goods America needs is currently tied to China’s willingness to continue to provide the materials that feed those supply chains. America is home to both abundant natural resources and the environmental, labor and safety laws to ensure they are produced responsibly. With our mineral and energy demands only growing, we need to unlock our domestic potential, and I applaud Senators Manchin and Barrasso for taking this important first step.”
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How the Surging Demand for Energy and Rise of AI is Straining the Power Grid in the U.S.
The surging demand for energy in the U.S. is growing significantly for the first time in decades. Experts say it is forecast to hit record highs both this year and next year — creating more planet-warming emissions.
Part of the demand is due to an increasing number of data centers across the country, along with the rise of artificial intelligence.
The nation's roughly 2,700 data centers are mostly run by big tech firms like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and Apple, and consumed more than 4% of all electricity in the U.S. in 2022. It's projected to more than double to 9% by 2030, according to the Electric Power Research Institute, a research organization and nonprofit focused on energy. It is not affiliated with any companies or type of technology.
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Surging Power Demands Meet an Inflexible EPA Agenda
Not a week goes by without another jaw-dropping projection on the speed and scale of power demand growth.
PJM Interconnection, the nation’s largest grid operator serving 65 million Americans, has warned again and again that it is facing rapidly approaching capacity shortfalls. The collision of soaring power demand driven by electrification, new industrial activity and the explosive growth of datacenters coupled with rapid coal plant closures has PJM’s leadership – and its independent market monitor – deeply concerned.
Multiple times this year, PJM and its market monitor have revised the market’s power demand projections and the losses the grid is expected to face from power plant closures. Now add a startling new projection to the list. According to a new report, PJM may need to double its generating capacity by 2040 if demand growth surges as some modelling now predicts. It’s an extraordinary challenge now made all but impossible because of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulatory agenda.
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NMA Moves to Supreme Court for CPP 2.0 Stay Request
The National Mining Association (NMA) issued the following statement on the D.C. Circuit Court’s decision not to grant a stay of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) CPP 2.0 in State of West Virginia, et al v. EPA, et al. The NMA will now petition the Supreme Court for a stay.
Rich Nolan, NMA president and CEO, said, “We’re obviously disappointed that the Court failed to recognize the risks associated with this damaging rule and plan to seek an emergency stay from the U.S. Supreme Court. The stakes couldn’t be higher. The nation’s power supply is already being pushed to the limit and this rule flies in the face of what the nation’s utilities, grid operators and grid reliability experts tell us is needed to maintain grid reliability. While the EPA is trying to tear down the dispatchable generating capacity we have and dearly need with unworkable mandates, electricity demand is soaring and the obstacles to building new generating capacity and enabling infrastructure are mounting. We are headed for a crisis of the EPA’s making. The Supreme Court recognized the irreparable harms associated with the original Clean Power Plan and appropriately stayed that rule. We are confident that the Supreme Court will do the same here and ultimately reject EPA’s generation-shifting mandates.”
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