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Federal Officials Block Major Coal Sale to NTEC

10/14/2025

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Federal officials rejected Navajo Transitional Energy Co. (NTEC)'s bid to acquire 167 million tons of Montana coal for less than a penny per ton.
The sale would have been the largest U.S. government coal sale in over a decade.
Most plants burning NTEC coal are expected to stop within the next decade, as the Powder River Basin coal sales end.

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Federal officials rejected Navajo Transitional Energy Co. (NTEC)'s bid to acquire 167 million tons of Montana coal for less than a penny per ton.
The sale would have been the largest U.S. government coal sale in over a decade.
Most plants burning NTEC coal are expected to stop within the next decade, as the Powder River Basin coal sales end.