Classes of Membership
Class "A" Member
A Class "A" Member shall be a cooperative entity, corporate entity or public agency that has entered into a coal purchase agreement with WFA to purchase in excess of 1,000,000 tons of coal per year at one or more plants and has executed an "All Requirements Commitment."
Each Class A Member shall be represented on the Board of Directors by two Directors.
Class "B" Member
A Class "B" Member is a cooperative entity, corporate entity or public agency that has entered into a coal purchase agreement with WFA to purchase at least 1,000,000 tons of coal per year at one or more plants.
Each Class B member shall be represented on the Board of Directors by one Director
Class "C" Member
A Class "C" Member is a cooperative entity, corporate entity or public agency that does not have a coal purchase agreement with WFA or that has a coal purchase agreement, but takes less than 1,000,000 ton of coal per year. All Class"C" Members that do not have a coal purchase agreement with WFA shall pay a membership fee of $500.00 per year.
Membership Benefits
Coal Purchasing
- Bid solicitation, evaluation and contract negotiations
- Contract administration
- Scale calibration and sampler bias testing
- Market analysis/coal sourcing studies
- Accounting and auditing
Coal Mine Development
- Contracting and on-site management of drilling programs
- Geology, coal quality and reserve evaluation
- Mine engineering, planning and feasibility studies
- Mine capital and operation cost estimates
- Land acquisition
- Permitting
- Market and transportation analysis
Coal Transportation
- Bid solicitation, evaluation and contract negotiations
- Contract administration
- Train scheduling
- Railcar ownership and leasing
- Railcar maintenance
- Railroad construction/build-out studies/cost analyses
- Accounting, rail property taxes and insurance
Coal Mining
- Management and supervision
- Life-of-mine planning
- Mine surveying
- Permitting
- Reserve acquisition
- Insurance
- Bonding
- Liaison with government agencies
- Reclamation
Special Projects
- Project management for design of mine facilities and railroads
- Project management for constructing mines and railroads
- Power-plant siting studies
Stockpile Inventory Services
- Up-to-Date Industry Information Databases and Records
- Library Resources for Conducting Research
- Increased Purchasing Power for all Western Fuels Association Members
- Representation of Members’ Interests through Trade Organization Membership