Coal production and presence in Utah’s energy portfolio is at its lowest levels • Utah News Dispatch

Coal production and presence in Utah’s energy portfolio is at its lowest levels • Utah News Dispatch

Coal is stored outside the Hunter coal-fired power plant, operated by PacifiCorp, in Emery County on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)As Utah leaders look more toward energy innovation and creating an abundance of supply, the state faces declining coal operations. Last year there were five operational coal mines in the state, the fewest in its 150-year-old coal history, according to a new Kem C. Gardner Po…