Energy

The president signed four executive orders to reverse the trend away from coal-fired electricity in the U.S., but there's little economic incentive for utilities to bring it back when natural gas is so much cheaper.

The city-owned agency that runs utilities for nearly half a million residents, promised that when the Martin Drake plant stopped burning coal, no one who wanted to stay would lose a job.

According to Jessica Matlock, CEO of La Plata Electric Association, the cooperative's board is talking to Tri-State Generation and Transmission about…