Alaska's Usibelli Coal Mine began talks in January with Matanuska Electric Association about the possible construction of a coal-fired power plant. Usibelli is looking for a customer in the Railbelt and MEA serves nearly 50,000 people in the Matanuska and Susitna valleys north of Anchorage. The Mat-Su location would be an alternative to Usibelli's proposed 200 megawatt Emma Creek project, a pow...