Fri Jan 8, 2010 11:29pm IST
HOUSTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - U.S. coal use last week rose 5
percent from the week before and 15 percent from the same week
of 2009 as holidays ended with cold weather, Genscape said
Friday.
Coal use in the East for the week ended Thursday was 7
percent greater than the previous week and 18 percent greater
than the same week last year, the power industry data provider
said.
In the less populated West, where weather was warmer than
in the East, coal demand was 6 percent below the previous week
and 1 percent less than the same week a year ago, Genscape
said.
Coal burn nationally was estimated at 22.4 million tons,
the most in two years, Genscape said.
"All but two of the 136 coal plants that Genscape monitors
were providing power to the grid during the week, including six
that were inactive last week," the data provider said.
Genscape's regional indexes are calculated separately from
the national index and do not always add up to the separately
calculated U.S. total, Genscape has said.
Region Jan 7 Last wk Yr ago Pct wk Pct yr
Nation 22.40 21.26 19.42 +5 +15
East 19.91 18.56 16.92 +7 +18
West 2.62 2.80 2.64 -6 -1
(Reporting by Bruce Nichols; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)
Source: http://in.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idINN0825215420100108
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