2. Valley Electric Company generates electrical power at four coal-fired power plant in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky and Virginia. The company purchases coal from six producers in southwestern Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky. Valley Electric has fixed contracts for coal delivery from the following three coal producers:
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