Fri Dec 11, 2009 3:41pm GMT
HOUSTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - U.S. coal consumption during
the past week rose 11 percent from the previous week, but was
down 1 percent from the same week last year, Genscape said
Friday.
Consumption in the populous East for the week ended
Thursday was up 10 percent from the previous week, but was 1
percent below the same week in 2008, the power data provider
said.
In the less populated West, coal demand was up 11 percent
from the previous week and up 3 percent over the same week a
year ago.
The surge was due to frigid weather across a wide swath of
the nation and the restart of all but four of 18 coal plants
that were down for maintenance or other reasons Dec. 1,
Genscape said.
"In the Plains states, year-to-date consumption has now
exceeded 2008 volumes by about 6 million tons," Genscape said.
Genscape cited particularly Iowa-based MidAmerican Energy
Co's greater use of coal plants since joining the Midwest
Independent System Operator earlier this year.
The regional indexes are calculated separately from the
national index. They do not always add up to a number equaling
the separately calculated U.S. total, Genscape has said.
Region Dec 10 Last wk Yr ago Pct wk Pct yr
Nation 20.94 18.95 21.21 +11 -1
East 18.36 16.63 18.62 +10 -1
West 2.74 2.47 2.66 +11 +3
(Reporting by Bruce Nichols; Editing by Walter Bagley)
Source: http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKN1138179720091211
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