Burning Coal, Burning Cash: States That Import the Most Coal
Fact Sheets for the states most dependent on coal imports
The cost of importing coal is a major drain on the economies of many states that rely heavily on coal-fired power. UCS's analysis, Burning Coal, Burning Cash, shows the scale of this annual drain on state economies, and suggests how they can keep more of those funds in-state through investments in energy efficiency and homegrown renewable energy.
We have ranked states' dependence on imported coal in each of six categories. The six measures include net spending on imported coal, net weight of imported coal, per capita spending on imported coal, spending on coal relative to the size of the state economy, reliance on net coal imports relative to total power use, and spending on international coal imports.
Twenty-five states appear in the top ranks on at least one of these six lists. Our report profiles electricity production and opportunities for saving power in 24 of those states—all except Virginia, which, though it imports a lot of foreign coal, is not a net coal importer. You can download information specific to each of these 24 states from the list below.
Download the state fact sheets:
- Burning Coal, Burning Cash in Alabama
- Burning Coal, Burning Cash in Arkansas
- Burning Coal, Burning Cash in Connecticut
- Burning Coal, Burning Cash in Delaware
- Burning Coal, Burning Cash in Florida
- Burning Coal, Burning Cash in Georgia
- Burning Coal, Burning Cash in Illinois
- Burning Coal, Burning Cash in Indiana
- Burning Coal, Burning Cash in Iowa
- Burning Coal, Burning Cash in Kansas
- Burning Coal, Burning Cash in Massachusetts
- Burning Coal, Burning Cash in Michigan
- Burning Coal, Burning Cash in Michigan: Detroit Edison (2012 Update)
- Burning Coal, Burning Cash in Michigan: Consumers Energy (2012 Update)
- Burning Coal, Burning Cash in Mississippi
- Burning Coal, Burning Cash in Missouri
- Burning Coal, Burning Cash in Nebraska
- Burning Coal, Burning Cash in New Hampshire
- Burning Coal, Burning Cash in New Jersey
- Burning Coal, Burning Cash in New York
- Burning Coal, Burning Cash in North Carolina
- Burning Coal, Burning Cash in Ohio
- Burning Coal, Burning Cash in South Carolina
- Burning Coal, Burning Cash in Tennessee
- Burning Coal, Burning Cash in Texas
- Burning Coal, Burning Cash in Wisconsin
