Kentucky Coal Shipments to Electric Utility Plants, 2004
	Coal Fields	Destination (state)	Receipts in Tons
		Alabama Delaware Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Kentucky Maryland Michigan Minnesota Mississippi New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin Unknown**	1,959,000 239,000 7,609,000 8,724,000 42,000 98,000 3,002,000 157,000 1,306,000 8,000 604,000 12,000 38,000 561,000 9,403,000 4,387,000 375,000 5,113,000 2,488,000 57,000 4,416,000 160,000 172,000 7,733,000
	EKY Utility Shipments		58,663,000
		Alabama Florida Illinois Indiana Kentucky Michigan Mississippi Ohio Tennessee Wisconsin Unknown**	624,000 2,345,000 9,000 268,000 10,792,000 68,000 7,000 33,000 3,147,000 77,000 194,000
	WKY Utility Shipments		17,564,000

Kentucky coal was shipped to electric power plants in 23 states in 2004.  These electric power plants purchased 76.2 millions tons of Kentucky coal during 2004.

The Eastern Kentucky coal field is often referred to by three different sub-areas or market sheds based upon coal markets, transportation access, coal quality, and other factors.  North to south they are; the Big Sandy, the Kentucky River, and the Cumberland Valley Counties.

The Eastern Kentucky coal field shipped approximately 58.7 million tons of coal to electric power plants located in 23 states during 2004. 

The Western Kentucky coal field sold approximately 17.6 million tons of coal to electric power plants in 10 states during 2004.

Source: Analysis from U.S. DOE - Energy Information Administration, Coal Industry Annual, 2004.

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