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==Study questions coalReports=====Coal lock-fired power plant job numbersin===In a A 2013 report released out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, [http://www.midwestenergynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Keeping-competitive-in late March 2011 by -changing-energy-world.pdf “How to Keep Wisconsin and the Ochs Center for Metropolitan Studies U.S. Competitive in Chattanoogaa Changing Energy World, Tennessee shows ”] argues that the state has "coalenergy price lock-fired power in" due to the "high capital costs and long assets life spans" of its coal plant investments. The authors predict that "the cost of coal for base load plants often do not reach predicted counts of construction and permanent jobscould increase 6 percent annually over the next ten years, continuing a long term rising trend that dates back to 2000."

===Power plants and job numbers===A March 2011 report by the Ochs Center for Metropolitan Studies found that coal-fired power plants often do not reach predicted counts of construction and permanent jobs. The Center analyzed the largest coal-powered plants that became operational between 2005 and 2009. At those six locations -- in Iowa, Texas, Nebraska, South Carolina and Wisconsin -- analyses of employment data and labor retention rates showed that only the plant in Iowa had an increase in construction employment that matched the predicted expected level. The others did not reach the numbers predicted.<ref>[http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9MACGH00.htm "Study questions coal-fired power plant job counts"] Associated Press, March 31, 2011.</ref>