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 | Wednesday, December 25, 2024 | Monday, December 30, 2024 | Thursday, January 2, 2025 |
| Feb | Saturday, January 25, 2025 | Friday, January 31, 2025 | Monday, February 3, 2025 |
| Mar | Tuesday, February 25, 2025 | Friday, February 28, 2025 | Monday, March 3, 2025 |
| Apr | Tuesday, March 25, 2025 | Monday, March 31, 2025 | Tuesday, April 1, 2025 |
| May | Friday, April 25, 2025 | Wednesday, April 30, 2025 | Thursday, May 1, 2025 |
| June | Sunday, May 25, 2025 | Friday, May 30, 2025 | Monday, June 2, 2025 |
| July | Wednesday, June 25, 2025 | Monday, June 30, 2025 | Tuesday, July 1, 2025 |
| Aug | Friday, July 25, 2025 | Thursday, July 31, 2025 | Friday, August 1, 2025 |
| Sept | Monday, August 25, 2025 | Friday, August 29, 2025 | Monday, September 1, 2025 |
| Oct | Thursday, September 25, 2025 | Tuesday, September 30, 2025 | Wednesday, October 1, 2025 |
| Nov | Saturday, October 25, 2025 | Friday, October 31, 2025 | Monday, November 3, 2025 |
| Dec | Tuesday, November 25, 2025 | Friday, November 28, 2025 | Monday, December 1, 2025 |
| Jan 2026 | Thursday, December 25, 2025 | Tuesday, December 30, 2025 | Friday, January 2, 2026 |
