washington year donald trump elect president promise revive ail u.s. coal industry sector long-term prospect growth hire remain bleak ever reuters review mine data show industry see modest gain job production year much temporary uptick foreign demand u.s. coal rather presidential policy change u.s. utilities shut coal-fired power plant rapid pace shift cheap natural gas along wind solar power domestic demand make 90 percent market u.s. coal plan build additional coal facilities say melissa mchenry spokeswoman american electric power one large u.s. utilities future coal dictate economics make kinds investments base one administration politics coal plant make 47 percent aep capacity power generation figure plan shrink 33 percent 2030 graphic coal production demand employment see tmsnrt.rs/2zky1tq situation highlight limitations presidential policy major industries global economic trend energy experts say along force make break mine well beyond power oval office white house official respond request comment trump likely do help industry say luke popovich spokesman national mine association represent major u.s. coal company government long us say market force contend with trump take action many promise make coal interest state help win election president start process kill former president barack obama clean power plan mean reduce carbon emissions power plant end obama-era moratorium coal lease federal land ditch limit dump coal waste stream start withdraw unite state paris climate agreement trump energy secretary rick perry attempt push rule independent federal energy regulatory commission would subsidize power plant store least 90-day supply coal site goal extend life coal burn power plant move perry say make electric grid reliable full impact trump coal policy could take years understand change far unlikely boost domestic demand energy analysts utility officials say trump cast coal industry victim burdensome regulation industry lose 40 percent work force less decade see production drop low level since 1978. share power market fall less third half 2003 go bring coal industry back 100 percent trump say rally virginia august 2016. far progress limit u.s. coal production track rise percent 2017 previous year 790 million tons accord energy information administration 2018 output expect decline number coal miners also rise slightly 51,900 october 2,200 since november 2016 70 percent 1985 peak accord labor department november trump cite modest production increase tweet say finally happen great clean coal miners increase largely attributable demand u.s. coal asian steel mill temporary outages usual suppliers australia accord jam stevenson coal analyst ihs markit first six months 2017 asian countries take 7.5 million short tons u.s. coal 97 percent period 2016 accord eia demand soon fade stevenson say go get repeat 2017 say spike export forecast utilities u.s. government reveal little reason hope sustain coal rebound utilities expect shut 13,600 megawatts coal plant capacity 2018. follow loss nearly 8,000 mw year 13,000 mw 2016 accord eia thomson reuters data 2025 coal-fired power plant capacity dip 226,380 mw 30 percent 2011 accord eia three texas coal plant own vistra energy corp subsidiary luminant among late close bring number plant shut plan 265 since 2010 figure high 258 plant remain accord sierra club campaign coal vistra say closure force low price natural gas renewable power environmental regulations duke energy one country large utilities shut 5,400 mw coal capacity since 2011 plan shed another 2,000 mw 2024. next decade duke plan invest 11 billion new natural gas renewable power nothing new coal-fired generation say spokesman rick rhodes nov. report federal reserve bank st. louis two large coal producers district peabody energy corp arch coal inc say coal-fired power plant may eventually become obsolete coal company believe survive despite trouble market outlook peabody expect modest number coal power plant retirements come years lose capacity shift remain plant increase output spokesman vic svec say arch spokeswoman logan bonacorsi offer similar forecast robert murray chief executive privately-held murray energy corp one america big underground miners say trump could industry administration murray say end tax break wind solar power reverse epa find carbon emissions endanger human health trump tax bill last week preserve solar incentives bi-partisan back epa far steer clear so-called endangerment find emissions basis many fossil-fuel regulations give breadth scientific evidence would need reverse murray energy meanwhile announce oct. 31 buy 30.5 percent stake coal-mining partnership utah call canyon consolidate resources llc deal might help company cut cost unlikely help workers murray say 200 1,000 job utah could lose year trump 's election coal 's future remain bleak