Alabama Power to Hold Public Meetings on Coal Ash Despite Lack of Promotion Mobile Baykeeper and State Allies Launching Petition for Postponement, Social Distancing, and Virtual Option
June 28, 2020
Contact: Casi (kc) Callaway, Mobile Baykeeper Executive Director & Baykeeper, 251-433-4229; cell – 251-209-4253, callaway@mobilebaykeeper.org
Mobile, Ala. - Mobile Baykeeper is raising a red flag about a public meeting Alabama Power intends to...
Alabama Power’s Plan to Perpetuate Injustice
June 24, 2020
In the fall of 2019, Alabama Power filed a petition with the Public Service Commission (PSC), seeking permission to charge its customers well over a billion dollars over a 40-year period for an unprecedented expansion. The company says it needs...
Alabama PSC Unanimously Votes to Force Customers to Pay for New Fossil Fuel Projects
June 12, 2020
The Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) unanimously voted at its regularly scheduled June meeting to approve a new gas-fired plant called Barry Unit 8 at the Barry power plant outside of Mobile, AL. The Commission also opted to defer making a...
Our Story: Joi Travis, Vice Chair, Alabama Sierra Club
June 8, 2020
All my life, I have found myself advocating for underserved communities while involving myself with campaigns to help dismantle the egregious disparities that exist in our political, environmental, and educational arenas. Ever since I could talk, I’...
Featured Sierran of the Month: Stephen Stetson
May 29, 2020
In my professional life, I have developed a lot of interest in clean energy and the large questions around how our economy can pivot away from burning fossil fuels in the electricity sector, as well as in transportation.
Seeking More Dollars Without Enough Sense
May 27, 2020
What happens if you buy the wrong kind of light bulbs? If you saved the receipt, you might be able to get a refund, or swap them for the right kind. But what happens if you buy the wrong kind of power plant? If you buy a gas-fired power plant, there...
The “Public” Service Commission and its New Media Coverage Plan
May 19, 2020
Walking up the steps of the PSC building in Montgomery on March 9, 2020 (the first day of the public hearing on Alabama Power’s proposed unprecedented capacity expansion), I passed a group of Alabama Power customers who were holding signs urging the...
Rate hikes for what?
May 13, 2020
In the fall of 2019, Alabama Power filed a petition with the Public Service Commission (PSC), seeking permission to charge its customers well over a billion dollars over a 40-year period for an unprecedented expansion.
An Update from Your Chair: Shoals to the Shores
May 2, 2020
We are becoming more aware of the power of nature with every update on the COVID-19 crisis. Thank you to all of our members and neighbors in various professions who are working to make our lives healthier and safer each day. Also, thank you to...
Mom and Daughter, Working for the Environment. . . .
May 1, 2020
Peggie was active on the West Alabama Executive Committee for many years, and Gwendolyn was with her every step of the way.