Contents
Introduction
Coal production is significant to the economy of New Mexico, as the third largest source of revenues from mineral and energy production. Coal resources underly 12 percent (14.6 million acres) of the state, mostly in the northern areas of the San Juan and Raton basins. 46 percent of the state’s total energy needs are met through coal power.[1]
Legislative issues
Proposed coal plants
Citizen groups
- Dine Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment
- Black Mesa Water Coalition
- Western Environmental Law Center
- Dooda Desert Rock
- Indigenous Environmental Network
- San Juan Citizens Alliance
- New Mexico Sierra Club
- New Mexico Coalition for Clean Affordable Energy
- Western Resource Advocates
- Western Shoshone Defense Project
- Grand Canyon Trust
- Environmental Defense
- Black Mesa Indigenous Support
Coal lobbying groups
Power companies
Mining companies
- Peabody Western Coal Company
- BHP Billiton
- San Juan Coal Company
- The Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Co
Existing coal plants
New Mexico has 11 coal-fired generating units totaling 4,382 megawatts (MW).[2] 10 of these units are larger than 50MW[3]
- Four Corners - 2269MW - 1963, 1964, 1969, 1970
- San Juan – 1848MW – 1973, 1976, 1979, 1982
- Escalante – 257MW – 1984
Major coal mines
- Lee Ranch Coal Company
- San Juan
- Navajo
- McKinley
Resources
References
- ↑ “Importance of Coal Production in New Mexico,” New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources
- ↑ Exisitng U.S. Coal Plants
- ↑ [1]accessed May 2008
Related SourceWatch articles
- Existing U.S. Coal Plants
- US proposed coal plants (both active and cancelled) *Cancelled coal plant proposals
- Coal plants cancelled in 2007
- Coal plants cancelled in 2008
- Active coal plant proposals
External links
- New Mexico Profile, Energy Information Administration New Mexico Profile
- Power Plants in New Mexico
- Major U.S. Coal Mines, Energy Information Administration
- New Mexico Coal Information, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources
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