Why promote Illinois coal?

Coal is an affordable, reliable and secure fuel. The delivered fuel cost for coal is consistently below $1.50 per mmBtu. This compares to $2.00 to $8.50 per mmBtu for natural gas and $1.75 to $5.00 for oil.

Illinois has a 250-year supply of coal. Illinois has the largest reported bituminous coal resource of any state in the United States.

Coal has socioeconomic importance to Illinois. The Illinois coal industry is a nearly $1 billion industry. Coal is mined in 12 Illinois counties.

Clean coal technology can reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, mercury and particulates. 

To learn more about Illinois coal and the Illinois Office of Coal Development programs see the menu at the left. Click here to read OCD program objectives. (OCD Objectives.pdf)