The Midwest relies so heavily on one source of power that some call us the "coal belt."
Coal is cheap and plentiful, but that’s about to change.
A wave of government regulations is about to hit the electric industry.
Ed Malley, a Vice President at industry consulting firm, TRC Corporation has a name for all the new rules coming down the track: “The train wreck.”
That "train wreck" is the list of environmental regulations expected to be in place within the next few years.
Electric utilities say this will mean the shutting of power plants, leading to higher prices and less peak capacity for hot summer days. Environmentalists say: about time.