June 5, 2018 |
By
Keith Martin in Washington, DC
Coal-fired power plants accounted for 28.1% of US electricity generation in the first quarter of 2018, according to the latest Electric Power Monthly from the US Energy Information Administration in late May. That is down from 40% as recently as five years ago. Total US electricity output in the first quarter was 999.6 million megawatt hours. Gas accounted for 31% and renewables accounted for 18.7% . . . . The IRS is targeted by 2.5 million cyberattacks a day, the acting IRS commissioner, David Kautter, said.
