The Pennsylvania Coal Association

The Pennsylvania Coal Association (PCA) is a trade organization representing surface and underground coal operators that produce bituminous coal mined in the Commonwealth. In addition, PCA represents companies whose livelihood depends in whole or in part on a robust coal industry by providing essential services to the coal industry, ranging from engineering and consulting to financial, insurance and the sale of mining equipment.

The Association’s mission is to advance the mining and use of the state’s most abundant and economical energy resource in an environmentally responsible manner through sound legislative and regulatory policies and judicial decisions. While recognizing the need to balance an increasing demand for energy with assuring a safe and clean environment, PCA believes that prudent national or state energy policies can neither neglect nor penalize the use of coal but must promote it. Towards this goal, PCA strives to:

• Encourage the use of coal as an affordable, reliable and increasingly clean source of electricity and as an essential component of the Commonwealth’s electric generation mix.
• Support wise energy policies that recognize coal’s importance in decreasing the nation’s dependence on foreign or unreliable energy sources.
• Promote environmentally sound mining, land reclamation and consumption practices, including clean coal technologies.
• Address legislative and regulatory issues of vital interest to the coal industry.