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DAILY ENERGY NEWS | 12/26/2025
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** Hard to find a nicer gift than beautiful, clean, American coal.
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Daily Caller ([link removed]) (12/25/25) reports: "The United States is projected to generate more power from coal in 2025 than in 2024, though the resource has endured an assault from the executive branch, green groups and Congress in recent years. America generated about 13 percent more energy from coal between January and October 2025 than it did during the same period in 2024, according to data from the Energy Information Administration...'If Santa leaves you coal this year, you’re obviously on the nice list,' Amy Cooke, co-founder and president of Always on Energy Research and the director of the Energy and Environmental Policy Center told the Daily Caller News Foundation. 'In a winter of surging demand and cold temperatures, it’s coal plants … that are the workhorses of the electric grid, delivering round-the-clock, reliable, and affordable power to keep your Christmas lights burning bright.'...Cooke told the DCNF that a
Colorado utility’s extension of one coal plant past December helps secure more reliable power for her state, arguing that 'without it, Colorado would face a darker, colder new year.'...Colorado is far from the only state that has aggressive mandates to support an energy transition that could result in high energy costs and a destabilized power grid, as most states with the top electricity costs are blue states with stringent profile goals, according to one recent analysis ([link removed]) from Always on Energy Research and the Institute for Energy Research."
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** "Coal is clean and beautiful, please remember that at all costs."
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–President Donald Trump ([link removed])

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It's good to have (reliable) options.

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(12/23/25) reports: "More than half of the power plants in the PJM market running on fossil fuels have either deferred or canceled plans to retire as soaring electricity demand from AI data centers has operators use all available capacity to ensure the flexibility and reliability of the grids. PJM Interconnection is the biggest power grid in the United States, whose area covers 13 mid-Atlantic and Midwest states and the District of Columbia. According to a Reuters analysis of company filings in the PJM region, around 60% of the power plants running on oil, natural gas, and coal, and scheduled to retire soon, have either delayed or canceled these plans altogether. Most of these are also the so-called peaker units, which only run at periods of peak demand. But the soaring power demand, mostly as a result of the AI surge and data center buildout, is now forcing peakers to delay or cancel retirements. The Trump Administration has said and strongly supported all power sources to meet the surging
U.S. demand. Coal, for example, saw increased production this year, supported by the Trump Administration and the rising price of natural gas."

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It'd be a cold winter without American coal.

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(12/24/25) reports: "The Department of Energy ordered two Indiana coal plants on Tuesday to postpone retirement and continue operating, expanding President Donald Trump’s campaign to aid fossil fuels. The orders for R.M. Schahfer and F.B. Culley mark the third and fourth times DOE has used its emergency powers this year to prevent coal plants from closing. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the move was necessary to ensure reliable power in the Midwest as electricity consumption rises because of data center construction. Both facilities had been slated to shut down by the end of this month. 'The Trump Administration remains committed to swiftly deploying all available tools and authorities to safeguard the reliability, affordability, and security of the nation’s energy system,' Wright said in a statement. 'Keeping these coal plants online has the potential to save lives and is just common sense. Americans deserve reliable power regardless of whether the wind is blowing or the sun is shining
during extreme winter conditions.'...Coal plant closures have roiled Indiana politics before. Gov. Mike Braun, a Republican, issued an executive order in April calling on state utility regulators to consider extending the life of every coal-fired power plant in Indiana. Braun warned that up to 9 gigawatts of coal-fired generation was slated to retire or transition to another fuel by 2038."

Energy Markets


WTI Crude Oil: ↓ $56.70
Natural Gas: ↑ $4.36
Gasoline: ↑ $2.84

Diesel: ↓ $3.57
Heating Oil: ↓ $210.58
Brent Crude Oil: ↓ $60.61
** US Rig Count ([link removed])
: ↓ 568



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