NatGas Continues to Replace Coal for Powergen, Even w/High Prices

In 2021, the use of coal in the U.S. to fire power plants actually rose by 16% after it had declined steadily, year after year, from 2014 to 2020. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects coal used to fire power plants in the U.S. to decline again this year, even though the price of natural gas has doubled and tripled. Coal and natgas are typically interchangeable, and power generators use whichever costs less. But not, it seems, anymore.

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