Fiscal Year 2001 Annual Report

              Infrastructure Investment by the Coal Industry
$1.9
$7.8
$11.8
$11.6
$15.0
$48.1
$7.9
$30.7
$64.2
$105.2
$292.7
$84.6
FY1997
FY1998
FY1999
FY2000
FY2001
FY1997-FY2001
Millions of Dollars
Private Funds
State Funds
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
OFFICE OF COAL DEVELOPMENT
DCCA's Office of Coal Development provides technical and financial support to the Illinois coal
industry. The Office of Coal Development (OCD) awards funding for basic research and
development on coal and its utilization, as well as commercial-scale demonstration of promising coal
utilization technologies. Investment within the Illinois energy sector is stimulated through financial
incentives provided by some OCD programs. Education and marketing programs are conducted to
develop and convey appropriate messages about the importance of Illinois coal in meeting domestic
and international energy needs.
COAL INDUSTRY INFRASTRUCTURE
In 1996, DCCA launched the Illinois Coal Infrastructure Program aimed at making Illinois coal more
competitive in domestic and offshore markets. This program, administered by OCD, encourages
coal producers and support industries to reinvest in Illinois. While the Infrastructure Program had a
modest start in its first year, it is now one of OCD’s most effective and far-reaching programs of
support for the Illinois coal industry.
Through the Illinois Coal Infrastructure Program, businesses are given incentives to improve and
expand the coal mining and transportation systems within Illinois. In FY2001, the program’s fifth
year, OCD awarded $15 million in state funds for 39 coal production and transportation
infrastructure projects.
These grants leveraged more
than $105 million of private
investment in infrastructure
improvements and
expansions across Illinois in
FY2001 alone. Since its
inception in 1996, the
program has produced more
than $340 million in
infrastructure investments.
The Illinois Coal