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Steam versus coking coal and the acid rain program

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The Clean Air Act of 1990 initiated a tradable permit program for emissions of sulfur dioxide from coal-fired power plants. One effect of this policy was a large increase in the consumption of low-sulfur bituminous coal by coal-fired power plants. However, low-sulfur bituminous coal is also the ideal coking coal for steel production. The analysis presented here will attempt to determine how the market responded to the increased consumption of low-sulfur bituminous coal by the electricity generation sector. Was there a decrease in the quality and/or quantity of coking coal consumption or did extraction increase? Most evidence suggests that the market for coking coal was unaffected, even as the extraction and consumption of low-sulfur bituminous coal for electricity generation increased substantially.

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  • Lange, Ian, 2010. "Steam versus coking coal and the acid rain program," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 38(3), pages 1251-1254, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:enepol:v:38:y:2010:i:3:p:1251-1254
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    1. Timothy Considine & Graham Davis & Donita Marakovits, 1993. "Technological change under residual risk regulation: The case of coke ovens in the U.S. steel industry," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 3(5), pages 437-455, October.
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      Coal Coke Sulfur dioxide;

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