American Coal Council CEO Janet Gellici Talks About The Successful History Of CCT

Clean coal technologies have successfully helped reduce regulated emissions by 60 percent since 1970. While coal use has more than doubled over the past 40 years, emissions of SO, NOx, particulates, ozone, lead and CO have decreased. This is due, in large part, to public-private clean coal technology (CCT) programs administered by the Department of Energy (DOE) that have reduced pollution, increased energy efficiency and created American jobs.

CCT programs have produced substantial benefits for U.S. taxpayers that far exceed the federal government's investments. Cumulative benefits to date total $6 billion vs. DOE costs of $3.5 billion -- a return on investment (ROI) of 1.7. By 2020, the cumulative benefits from the program will likely total $111 billion vs. DOE costs of $8.5 billion for an ROI of more than 13.

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