NEW YORK, June 9 (Reuters) - U.S. power plants will burn less than 1 billion tons of coal in 2009 for the first time since 2002 as the recession and low natural gas prices cut demand, the government's top energy forecasting agency said on Tuesday.
Power plants will burn about 994 million short tons of coal in 2009, the Energy Information Administration said in its monthly outlook on Tuesday.
"A decline in overall electricity generation, combined with projected increases from natural gas, nuclear and renewable (hydroelectric and wind) generation sources, are projected to lead to a 4.6-percent decline in coal consumption in the electric power sector this year," the EIA said.
Source: Reuters
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