Caleb Heeringa


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Coalition calls for WA to protect low-income utility users during COVID fallout

Today, more than 60 environmental, labor and social justice groups are calling for Washington Gov. Jay Inslee to extend the moratorium preventing public and private utilities from shutting off…

Puget Sound Energy coal plant sale a bad deal for climate and customers

Today, Puget Sound Energy (PSE) asked the Washington State Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) for permission to sell its 25% ownership stake in Colstrip Unit 4 to NorthWestern Energy, a…

Colstrip deal would reward NorthWestern Energy shareholders at customers’ expense

Today, NorthWestern Energy asked the Montana Public Service Commission (PSC) for pre-approval to buy an additional 25% stake in Colstrip Unit 4 from Puget Sound Energy (PSE), potentially locking its…

PSE coal plant sale likely to extend life of region’s largest polluter

Today Puget Sound Energy (PSE) announced that they would be selling their stake in Colstrip Unit 4 to Montana-based NorthWestern Energy, which intends to run the plant into the 2040s. The sale is…

Colstrip owner commits $3 million to economic transition away from coal

Avista Utilities would commit at least $3 million to assist in economic transition for the community of Colstrip and would no longer support investments that would extend the life of the plant past…

Environmental groups push Trump Administration for transparency on climate impacts of coal leasing

Montana judge hears oral arguments in appeal of federal government’s halt of coal leasing review GREAT FALLS - Today the Sierra Club and environmental allies argued in U.S. District Court that the…

Bellingham, Washington Aims for 100% Clean, Renewable Energy

BELLINGHAM, WA - On Monday, May 7, 2018, Bellingham, Washington adopted a resolution stating its ambition to transition to 100 percent clean and renewable energy. When the city completes the planning…

State regulators criticize Puget Sound Energy over financial risks of their coal power

Washington State's Utilities and Transportation Commission had some strong words for Puget Sound Energy over their continued use of the Colstrip coal plant in Eastern Montana - the largest source of…

Second Colstrip owner signals earlier expected exit

Today the Sierra Club joined a settlement filed with the Washington State Utilities and Transportation Commission in the proposed merger between Canadian utility Hydro One and American utility Avista…

Puget Sound Energy's latest climate plan a dud

Puget Sound Energy, Washington State's largest utility, today committed to reducing it's climate pollution by 50 percent by 2040, an unambitious target that leaves the state well short of its climate…