How many coal-fired power plants are there in the U.S.?
A.In 2006, there were 616 facilities with 1,493 individual generators1 that used coal as the predominant fuel2 source for generating electricity. -503 are “power plants” owned by electric utilities and independent power producers that generate and sell electricity as their primary business. -The other 113 are at industrial, commercial, government, and institutional sites that use most or all of the electricity generated on-site.
