Coal's decline in Ohio to persist even with PPAs

摘要

Absent hotly contested income guarantees approved by Ohiornregulators, only a few of the state's 10 remaining baseload coal-firedrnpower plants could survive economically, according to a new report.rnThe Cleveland-based Institute for Energy Economics andrnFinancial Analysis said half of Ohio's coal plants have been retiredrnover the past five years, dropping the state's share of coal-firedrngeneration to 59% from 82%.