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Show Tie Salt L&ke Tribune Sunday, November 27, 1983 F7 Coal Industry Worried About Rail Prices Under Deregulation By David Greising Writer Chicago Natural gas producers are not the only energy industry group con- cerned with deregulation. Unlike gas producers, who favor deregulation, coal industry representatives are decrying the prospect of deregulation. They say the Interstate Commerce Commission is inadequately enforcing the Staggers Rail Act, which regulates railroads. "Revenue adequacy tests for rail shipments of coal are the focus of industry criticism. As defined by the Interstate Commerce Commission, the revenue adequacy test allows railroads to raise coal shipment rates each year by 1$ percent above the rate of inflation. Sun-Tim- Heavily Dependent The coal industry is heavily dependent on railroads, which carr65 percent of all coal produced in the United States. Because 85 percent of that coal is carried on rails that face no compecan charge tition, the railroads what the traffic will bear, said Carl E. Bagge, National Coal Association president. The industry is most concerned with the effect of deregulation on exports. The revenue adequacy standard Effective Annual Yield 10.37 10.72 11.57 12.20 12.44 would reduce exports by 14.9 million tons in 1S85 and 36.6 million tons in 1995, compared to what exports would be if the Staggers act were enforced, according to Energy Information Administration statistics. Crucial to Competition Continuing enforcement is crucial to our ability to compete, crucial to the growth of the coal industry, and critical to the consumer, Bagge said. Regardless of what configuration of fuel sources in use by the year 2100, the average temperature on Earth probably will increase by between 2 and 8 degrees Fahrenheit, according to a government study. 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