Coal Nomination Calendar
Coal Nomination Process Changes for 2024
- Learn more about the enhancements to our monthly coal nomination process - January 2024
- If you have questions regarding the Coal Nomination Calendar, please send us an email.
The Nomination Calendar shows Union Pacific coal shipments originating from Southern Powder River Basin, Colorado; Utah and Southern Illinois.
- Utility deadline to enter tonnages into the railroad’s website will be the twenty-fifth of the month.
- Coal producer deadline to enter tonnages into the railroad’s website will be the last working day of the month.
- Union Pacific’s nomination website will close at 5:00 p.m. Central Time on the last working day of the month.
- Railroads will complete mine slotting on the first working day of the month.
| Nomination Month | Utility Deadline | Producer Deadline | Railroad Deadline |
| Jan | Thursday, December 28, 2023 | Friday, December 29, 2023 | Tuesday, January 2, 2024 |
| Feb | Thursday, January 25, 2024 | Wednesday, January 31, 2024 | Thursday, February 1, 2024 |
| Mar | Sunday, February 25, 2024 | Thursday, February 29, 2024 | Friday, March 1, 2024 |
| Apr | Monday, March 25, 2024 | Thursday, March 28, 2024 | Monday, April 1, 2024 |
| May | Thursday, April 25, 2024 | Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | Wednesday, May 1, 2024 |
| June | Saturday, May 25, 2024 | Friday, May 31, 2024 | Monday, June 3, 2024 |
| July | Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | Friday, June 28, 2024 | Monday, July 1, 2024 |
| Aug | Thursday, July 25, 2024 | Wednesday, July 31, 2024 | Thursday, August 1, 2024 |
| Sept | Sunday, August 25, 2024 | Friday, August 30, 2024 | Tuesday, September 3, 2024 |
| Oct | Wednesday, September 25, 2024 | Monday, September 30, 2024 | Tuesday, October 1, 2024 |
| Nov | Friday, October 25, 2024 | Thursday, October 31, 2024 | Friday, November 1, 2024 |
| Dec | Monday, November 25, 2024 | Wednesday, November 27, 2024 | Monday, December 2, 2024 |
| Jan 2024 | Wednesday, December 25, 2024 | Monday, December 30, 2024 | Thursday, January 2, 2025 |
