Kentucky exports over 3.0 tons of electric power plant coal to neighboring states for every ton imported. The chart below shows the Interstate Imports and Exports of electric power plant coal between Kentucky and its neighboring states.*
Kentucky
Interstate Import |  | Kentucky
Interstate Export |
|
| Coal from
Neighboring States Delivered to Electric Power Plants in Kentucky | Kentucky Coal
Delivered to Electric Power Plants in Neighboring States |
Kentucky receives
from Illinois 0.57 | | KY : IL
1 : 11 | | Illinois receives
from Kentucky 0.05 | Kentucky receives
from Indiana 1.80 | | KY : IN
1 : 5 | | Indiana receives
from Kentucky 0.37 | Kentucky receives
from Missouri 0.00 | | KY : MO
N/A | | Missouri receives
from Kentucky 0.00 | Kentucky receives
from Ohio 0.52 | | KY : OH
9 : 1 | | Ohio receives
from Kentucky 4.42 | Kentucky receives
from Tennessee 0.02 | | KY : TN
282 : 1 | | Tennessee receives
from Kentucky 5.64 | Kentucky receives
from Virginia 0.00 | | KY : VA
442 : 1 | | Virginia receives
from Kentucky 4.42 | Kentucky receives
from West Virginia 2.06 | | KY : WV
1 : 13 | | West Virginia receives
from Kentucky 0.16 |
Kentucky's Utilities
Import from
Neighboring States
4.97 Million Tons of Coal* | 3.0 : 1
 | Kentucky Exports to
Utilities in
Neighboring States
15.06 Million Tons of Coal |
Kentucky's imports from Colorado (5.8 million tons) and Wyoming (1.3 million tons) totaled 7.1 million tons, up only 400,000 tons in the last 2 years. Kentucky's imports from Pennsylvania (3.5 million tons) doubled from 1.8 to 3.5 million tons in the last 2 years. *Does not include metallurgical or industrial coal shipments Source: U.S. DOE - Energy Information Administration, Coal Industry Annual, 2004. http://www.eia.doe.gov/fuelcoal.html |