The Pennsylvania Anthracite Council (PAC) is a trade organization representing surface mine operators, prep plant operators and suppliers that produce Anthracite coal mined in the Commonwealth.

The Council’s mission is to advance the mining and use of the state’s most abundant and economical energy resource in an environmentally responsible manner through sound legislative and regulatory policies and judicial decisions. While recognizing the need to balance an increasing demand for energy with assuring a safe and clean environment, the PAC believes that prudent national and state energy policies can neither neglect nor penalize the use of coal but must promote it. Towards this goal PAC strives to:

• Encourage the use of coal both Anthracite and Bituminous coal as an affordable, reliable and increasingly clean source of electricity and as an essential component of the Commonwealth’s electric generation mix and to heat state institutions and facilities.
• Support wise energy policies that recognize coal’s importance in decreasing the nation’s dependence on foreign or unreliable energy sources.
• Promote environmentally sound mining, land reclamation and consumption practices, including clean coal technologies.
• Address legislative and regulatory issues of vital interest to the coal industry.

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Below you will find a current list of PAC’s active members: