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RFF Senior Fellow Bryan Hubbell notes that “peak coal” may still be in our future.
“Bryan Hubbell, an economist and senior fellow at the think tank Resources for the Future, took a close look at the increase in electricity from coal-fired power plants. He said the shift was due to several factors, including extreme weather that drove high demand across almost all power sources, actions by the Trump administration to prevent old coal plants from closing and high gas prices.
Hubbell worked for 27 years at the US Environmental Protection Agency, ending last summer when he was head of the air, climate and energy research program. He took early retirement when the Trump administration announced it planned to eliminate his office.
I asked him if he thinks coal plants will continue to increase their output in 2026.
‘I am not convinced we’ve hit peak coal yet,’ he said.”
