Illinois Basin second-quarter deliveries to coal-fired power plants totaled 12.5 million st, down 36.2% from the year-ago quarter, US Energy Information Administration 9-23 data showed Aug. 27. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now IB shipments peaked in April with over 4.4 million st, when US coal-fired power generation was at its lowest in nine years, according to available data. June shipments followed with 4.2 million st, rising from the second quarter low in May of 3.8 million st. June also saw an increase in coal in power generation, up about 25 TWh from April generation. Compared to 60 spot deals totaling 1.6 million st in the year-ago quarter, there were 23 spot shipments in the second quarter, totaling 648,488 st. Spot […]