{"id":37477,"date":"2014-11-14T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T14:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smart-union.dev\/news\/low-on-coal-utilities-ask-regulators-to-prod-rails\/"},"modified":"2014-11-14T09:00:49","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T14:00:49","slug":"low-on-coal-utilities-ask-regulators-to-prod-rails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/low-on-coal-utilities-ask-regulators-to-prod-rails\/","title":{"rendered":"Low on coal, utilities ask regulators to prod rails","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-24368\" style=\"margin-top: 4px;margin-bottom: 4px;margin-left: 10px;margin-right: 10px;border-width: 1px;border-color: black;border-style: solid\" alt=\"coal_car\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/coal_car.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>WASHINGTON \u2013 Ongoing rail service problems have left power plants from Minnesota to Texas low on coal as an early blast of winter weather hit the nation\u2019s midsection this week.<\/p>\n<p>Some fear the stage has been set for a repeat of last winter, when heavy snowfall and subzero temperatures crippled rail operations in the Upper Midwest and Chicago, which had ripple effects across the rest of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Read the complete story at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/2014\/11\/13\/246804_running-low-on-coal-utilities.html?rh=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McClatchy Washington Bureau<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2013 Ongoing rail service problems have left power plants from Minnesota to Texas low on coal as an early blast of winter weather hit the nation\u2019s midsection this week. Some fear the stage has been set for a repeat of last winter, when heavy snowfall and subzero temperatures crippled rail operations in the Upper [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1658,523,524],"member_types":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Low on coal, utilities ask regulators to prod rails - SMART Union<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/low-on-coal-utilities-ask-regulators-to-prod-rails\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Low on coal, utilities ask regulators to prod rails - SMART Union\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WASHINGTON \u2013 Ongoing rail service problems have left power plants from Minnesota to Texas low on coal as an early blast of winter weather hit the nation\u2019s midsection this week. Some fear the stage has been set for a repeat of last winter, when heavy snowfall and subzero temperatures crippled rail operations in the Upper [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/low-on-coal-utilities-ask-regulators-to-prod-rails\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SMART Union\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-11-14T14:00:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/coal_car.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"amyr\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"amyr\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/low-on-coal-utilities-ask-regulators-to-prod-rails\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/low-on-coal-utilities-ask-regulators-to-prod-rails\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"amyr\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#\/schema\/person\/32d7996d81f2ddbf2099238b9315f71d\"},\"headline\":\"Low on coal, utilities ask regulators to prod rails\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-11-14T14:00:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-11-14T14:00:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/low-on-coal-utilities-ask-regulators-to-prod-rails\/\"},\"wordCount\":85,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/low-on-coal-utilities-ask-regulators-to-prod-rails\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/coal_car.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"coal\",\"STB\",\"Surface Transportation Board\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/low-on-coal-utilities-ask-regulators-to-prod-rails\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/low-on-coal-utilities-ask-regulators-to-prod-rails\/\",\"name\":\"Low on coal, utilities ask regulators to prod rails - SMART Union\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/low-on-coal-utilities-ask-regulators-to-prod-rails\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/low-on-coal-utilities-ask-regulators-to-prod-rails\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/coal_car.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-11-14T14:00:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-11-14T14:00:49+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/low-on-coal-utilities-ask-regulators-to-prod-rails\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/low-on-coal-utilities-ask-regulators-to-prod-rails\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/low-on-coal-utilities-ask-regulators-to-prod-rails\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/coal_car.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/coal_car.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/low-on-coal-utilities-ask-regulators-to-prod-rails\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Low on coal, utilities ask regulators to prod rails\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/\",\"name\":\"SMART Union\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"SMART Union\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/SMART_logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/SMART_logo.svg\",\"width\":280,\"height\":57,\"caption\":\"SMART Union\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#\/schema\/person\/32d7996d81f2ddbf2099238b9315f71d\",\"name\":\"amyr\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50210896c7547cd9c92ea60cc85138d2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50210896c7547cd9c92ea60cc85138d2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"amyr\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/author\/amyr\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Low on coal, utilities ask regulators to prod rails - SMART Union","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/low-on-coal-utilities-ask-regulators-to-prod-rails\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Low on coal, utilities ask regulators to prod rails - SMART Union","og_description":"WASHINGTON \u2013 Ongoing rail service problems have left power plants from Minnesota to Texas low on coal as an early blast of winter weather hit the nation\u2019s midsection this week. Some fear the stage has been set for a repeat of last winter, when heavy snowfall and subzero temperatures crippled rail operations in the Upper [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/low-on-coal-utilities-ask-regulators-to-prod-rails\/","og_site_name":"SMART Union","article_published_time":"2014-11-14T14:00:49+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/coal_car.jpg"}],"author":"amyr","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"amyr"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/low-on-coal-utilities-ask-regulators-to-prod-rails\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/low-on-coal-utilities-ask-regulators-to-prod-rails\/"},"author":{"name":"amyr","@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#\/schema\/person\/32d7996d81f2ddbf2099238b9315f71d"},"headline":"Low on coal, utilities ask regulators to prod rails","datePublished":"2014-11-14T14:00:49+00:00","dateModified":"2014-11-14T14:00:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/low-on-coal-utilities-ask-regulators-to-prod-rails\/"},"wordCount":85,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/low-on-coal-utilities-ask-regulators-to-prod-rails\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/coal_car.jpg","keywords":["coal","STB","Surface Transportation Board"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/low-on-coal-utilities-ask-regulators-to-prod-rails\/","url":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/low-on-coal-utilities-ask-regulators-to-prod-rails\/","name":"Low on coal, utilities ask regulators to prod rails - SMART Union","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/low-on-coal-utilities-ask-regulators-to-prod-rails\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/low-on-coal-utilities-ask-regulators-to-prod-rails\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/coal_car.jpg","datePublished":"2014-11-14T14:00:49+00:00","dateModified":"2014-11-14T14:00:49+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/low-on-coal-utilities-ask-regulators-to-prod-rails\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/low-on-coal-utilities-ask-regulators-to-prod-rails\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/low-on-coal-utilities-ask-regulators-to-prod-rails\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/coal_car.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/coal_car.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/low-on-coal-utilities-ask-regulators-to-prod-rails\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Low on coal, utilities ask regulators to prod rails"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/","name":"SMART Union","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#organization","name":"SMART Union","url":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/SMART_logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/SMART_logo.svg","width":280,"height":57,"caption":"SMART Union"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#\/schema\/person\/32d7996d81f2ddbf2099238b9315f71d","name":"amyr","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50210896c7547cd9c92ea60cc85138d2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50210896c7547cd9c92ea60cc85138d2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"amyr"},"url":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/author\/amyr\/"}]}},"image_url":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37477"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37477\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37477"},{"taxonomy":"member_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/member_types?post=37477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}