Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One: Introduction -- Background -- Approach -- Outline of This Monograph -- Chapter Two: The Role of Coal-Fired Power in the U.S. Electricity Sector -- Electricity Supplied, by Fuel Type -- Description of the Coal-Fired Power Plant Fleet -- Capacity and Age of Existing Units -- Pollution Controls Installed on Existing Coal-Fired Units -- Growth in Capital Costs of Recently Built Coal-Fired Units -- Chapter Three: Coal-Fired Power Plant Designs, Systems, and Components -- Major Coal-Unique Components -- Coal Pulverizers -- Coal Burners -- Coal Boilers -- Pollution-Control Systems -- Smokestacks -- Implications of Variations in Coal Characteristics -- Chapter Four: Market Structure -- The New-Construction Sector for Coal-Fired Electricity-Generating Units -- Demand for New Coal Electricity-Generating Units -- New-Unit Specification, Design, and Project Development -- Construction of Coal Electricity-Generating Units -- Operation and Maintenance Sector -- Pollution-Control Sector -- Summary of Findings on Market Structure -- Chapter Five: Workforce -- The New-Construction Workforce for Coal Electricity-Generating Units -- Equipment-Manufacturing Workforce -- Operation and Maintenance Workforce -- Pollution-Control Retrofit Workforce -- Workforce Demographics -- Hiring and Training -- Current Experience from Recent Projects -- Summary of Findings on Workforce -- Chapter Six: Observations and Remaining Questions -- Implications for the U.S. Coal-Based Electricity-Generation Industrial Base -- Remaining Questions -- Appendixes -- A. Key Companies in the Coal-Based Electricity-Generation Industry -- B. Supplemental Tables on the Coal Industrial Base Workforce -- References.