Yesterday, the San Miguel Electric Cooperative in South Texas received funding to build a large solar and battery facility, replacing its existing lignite plant. The grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) provides more than $1.4 billion to the co-op.
Salt Lake City, UT – On Monday evening, December 9, 2024, Utahns rallied outside the Heber Wells Building and packed the Public Service Commission’s hearing to oppose Rocky Mountain Power’s proposed rate hike. The increase, which would subsidize fossil fuel reliance, shift wildfire costs onto ratepayers, and would burden families with higher bills, drew sharp criticism from residents who didn’t mince words when they called for the utility’s accountability, and demanded clean energy solutions.
Milwaukee, WISCONSIN – The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loans Program Office (LPO) has announced a conditional commitment for an Energy Infrastructure Reinvestment (EIR) loan guarantee of up to $2.5 billion to We Energies / Wisconsin Electric Power Company (WEPCO) to support a portfolio of clean energy and storage projects in Wisconsin. LPO’s EIR program was created under the Inflation Reduction Act to support utilities and companies in retooling, replacing, or repowering outdated fossil infrastructure.
TAMPA, FL. – The Florida PSC approved a plan to shutter the coal-burning equipment at Tampa Electric Company (TECO)’s Polk coal plant, a move recommended and championed by the Sierra Club. This will mark the 388th coal plant to retire since the Beyond Coal campaign, supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies, launched in 2010.
Raleigh, NC – Duke Energy Carolinas & Progress saw a slight improvement in the Sierra Club's Dirty Truth report card this year, but its score could regress if the utility follows through on its short-sighted plans to add new gas-burning power plants and burn more coal.
Columbia, SC – Duke Energy Carolinas & Progress saw a slight improvement in the Sierra Club's "Dirty Truth" report card this year, but its score could regress if the utility follows through on its short-sighted plans to add new gas-burning power plants and burn more coal.
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Today, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia held Lexington Coal Company in contempt for the third time for the company's ongoing refusal to address the environmental damage caused by its coal mining operations in Appalachia.
Charleston, W.V. — In a historic victory, the Sierra Club, the West Virginia Rivers Coalition, and the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy have reached an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) to address long standing pollution issues in certain West Virginia streams caused by coal mining. The groups were represented by lawyers from Appalachian Mountain Advocates.
Charlotte, N.C. — In an indication of how major utilities may respond to election results, the Chief Financial Officer of Duke Energy announced that in light of Donald Trump’s recent election win and the energy plans outlined in Project 2025, the utility is considering ramping up coal use in
St. Louis, MO – Ameren Missouri must pay up to $61,000,000 to compensate the region for the illegal pollution emitted from the now-shuttered Rush Island coal plant that it owns near Festus, Missouri.
Raleigh, NC: In a surprise move late last Friday, months ahead of schedule, the North Carolina Utility Commission (NCUC) approved Duke’s energy plan that abandons the state’s requirement to reduce carbon emissions by 70 percent by 2030.
Indianapolis, IN: On the heels of hearings for a nearly $500 million rate increase and being awarded 0 out of 100 points in the Sierra Club’s latest Dirty Truth About Utility Climate Pledges report, Duke Indiana has filed its preferred energy plan with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, which is more expensive and more polluting than other options according to the utility’s own ana