Rail Transportation of Coal to Power Plants : Reliability Issues.

Provides background information and analysis on coal transportation by rail to power plants. Discusses problems since 1990 with the rail delivery of coal, implications of rail capacity limits on service reliability, role of coal inventories as a backstop to reliable coal deliveries, and proposed leg...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2007.
Series:U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Provides background information and analysis on coal transportation by rail to power plants. Discusses problems since 1990 with the rail delivery of coal, implications of rail capacity limits on service reliability, role of coal inventories as a backstop to reliable coal deliveries, and proposed legislation to improve quality of rail service to coal-fired plants and other shippers. Includes tables and graphs.
Item Description:Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
CRS Report.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource.