Since taking office, the Obama administration has waged a war on coal.  In 2008, coal made up a little over 48 percent of U.S. electricity generation.  By 2013, this was already down to 39 percent and falling fast. As of the latest data from March 2014, residential consumers in the states where coal generated at least 60 percent of the electricity paid 10.57 cents per kWh.  By comparison, the same consumers in states where coal generated no more than 10 percent of the electricity paid 14.98 cents per kWh, or 42 percent more. On an all sectors basis, the situation is more dire.  The average all sectors March 2014 electricity price for the states getting at least 60 percent of their electricity from coal was only 8.76 cents per kWh, more than 50 percent lower than the cost in the states that generated less than 10 percent of their electricity from coal. Here are the current relationships between how much electricity each state in the continental USA derived...(Read Full Post)