Short-Term Energy Outlook

Coal

EIA expects U.S. coal production to be 521 million short tons (MMst) in 2020, a decline of 26% compared with 2019 levels. EIA forecasts production to rise to 627 MMst in 2021, an increase of 20%. EIA expects coal production to increase in 2021 in response to increased natural gas prices and increased demand in electric power consumption because of lower-than-average winter temperatures, especially in the Upper Midwest and Northwest regions of the United States. EIA expects that an 18% decline in U.S. coal consumption from the electric power sector in 2020 will be followed by a 23% increase in 2021.

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