Daily edition | May 6, 2019
Note from the editor A mountain of gray waste piled hundreds of feet above and stretching hundreds more underground greeted me as I bumped along the dirt road on my tour of the most contaminated coal ash site in the country. But the report that labels it as such doesn't address this portion of the land — an old mining area not required to issue groundwater filings.
The plant that produces the ash is owned by the San Miguel Electric Cooperative and was leased to the co-op by the Peelers, a ranching family who live adjacent to that plot.
Today we're publishing the Peelers' story and how their land and their fight represents a microcosm of a larger issue facing utilities. As we shift away from burning coal, how is the industry managing the ash in the ground?
Utilities across the country reported contaminants common to coal ash exceeding federally safe levels for groundwater this year. Visiting this site and speaking with the Peeler family, firsthand witnesses to the pollution, revealed what federal regulations cover and what they miss.
Thank you, as always, for reading.
 Catherine Morehouse
Associate Editor, Utility Dive
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