Even BYU just dumped the last of their coal this year because it was so much more expensive than Nat Gas and they are a small engine. The IPP in Delta that supplies LA with power is about ready to turn back on with natural gas....coal is too expensive in the West. However, one must remember than the Wyoming/Utah/CO/NM natural gas field is literally the Saudi Arabia of natural gas. There is more than 100 years of supply here at current usage levels. We are exporting it to Mexico in gas form and now LA is exporting it to Asia in liquid form.