COAL LOBBYISTS FAST FORWARD PENSION PLANS

Primary source of Heartland Receivables could dissapear from the US electricity mix by 2033, according to Morgan Stanley.

Coal has been declining steadily from the electricity sector for the past decade and supplied about one-fifth of U.S. electricity last year, Morgan Stanley said. This year, higher natural gas prices will shift some electricity generation from gas to coal-fired power plants, resulting in a slight increase in coal use, the research note said.

But that trend will reverse indefinitely after 2021, Morgan Stanley said:

"[We] continue to project a constant decline thereafter,"