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The EIA has a monthly report on electricity usage in the US at
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epm/epm_sum.html

The latest one shows electrical usage dropping 4.6% in 2009 vs. 2008 and
coal-generated electricity decreasing a whooping 12.4%.  Factor in a recession,

but this is still very good news.