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Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure. Coal is composed primarily of carbon along with variable quantities of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.
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Other power producers
Energy; Coal
Independent power producers that generate electricity and cogeneration plants that are not included in the other industrial, coke and commercial sectors.
Spent liquor
Energy; Coal
The liquid residue left after an industrial process; can be a component of waste materials used as fuel.
Uranium endowment
Energy; Coal
The uranium that is estimated to occur in rock with a grade of at least 0.01 percent U3O8. The estimate of the uranium endowment is made before consideration of economic availability of any ...
Other refiners
Energy; Coal
Refiners with a total refinery capacity in the United States and its possessions of less than 275,000 barrels per day as of January 1, 1982.
Power transfer limit
Energy; Coal
The maximum power that can be transferred from one electric utility system to another without overloading any facility in either system.
River (method of transportation to consumers - coal)
Energy; Coal
Shipments of coal moved to consumers via river by barge. Shipments to Great Lakes coal loading docks or Tidewater pier or coastal points are not included.
