Westminster, CO – Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association is proposing trailblazing provisions for direct financial assistance to communities impacted by coal plant closures, and plans for resource procurement estimated to reduce its emissions by 89%.
New York, NY -- On June 26, 2024, Danskammer LLC withdrew its request for a siting certificate for a proposed gas plant in the Hudson Valley, marking the end of the last large-scale gas generation project proposed in New York. This withdrawal follows the cancellations of the Astoria and Gowanus gas peaker plants in New York City.
Washington, DC – A new report released today by the Rhodium Group outlines the significant climate and health benefits of the Environmental Protection Agency’s recently finalized standard targeting pollution from the coal industry.
Washington, D.C. – Today, the United States Supreme Court sided with polluting states and industry groups by pausing implementation of EPA’s strategy to address harmful air pollution that crosses state lines, called the Good Neighbor Plan.
TVA announced it would seek $250 million in grant funding through the Department of Energy’s of Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships program for the proposed line, marking a huge potential step forward for grid reliability, utility price stability and the future of clean energy.
HILLSBOROUGH, FL - Tampa Electric Company (TECO) customers and advocates with the Sierra Club, Food and Water Watch, League of United Latin American Citizens, Florida Rising, League of Women Voters Hillsborough, and Central Florida Jobs with Justice blasted the monopoly utility’s proposed rate hike at a press conference and public hearing this morning, saying it’s unaffordable and props up expensive and polluting coal-burning power plants.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Administrative Law Judge issued an initial decision finding that Basin Electric Cooperative failed to meet its obligation to assess cheaper alternatives when the utility spent tens of millions of dollars upgrading overpriced coal-fired power plants, passing the exorbitant costs onto its captive customers. Basin Electric is the largest rural cooperative in the United States, serving rural customers in 9 states, and remains heavily dependent on coal for its electricity generating needs.
Phoenix, AZ – In a 4 to 1 vote, today the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) reversed a decision by the Arizona Power Plant and Line Siting Committee in April that required utility Unisource Electric (UNSE) to obtain a certificate of environmental compatibility (CEC) for its planned 200 MW expansion of its Black Mountain Generating Station in Mohave County.
The South Carolina Public Service Commission held a public hearing to engage the public on the Duke Energy Carolinas rate hike request. The power company is asking the state Public Service Commission to grant a rate increase beginning this Summer from $12-18 a month.
Topeka, KS - Evergy, the largest electric utility in Kansas, filed an Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) with state regulators today that doubles down on dirty fossil fuels and doesn’t go far enough on clean, renewable energy.
Montevideo, MN — On May 13, CURE, the Sierra Club, and Dakota Resource Council (DRC) submitted a joint comment challenging the findings of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) most recent environmental review of Project Tundra, a proposed large-scale Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project in North Dakota. (Read CURE’s press release here.)
Helena, MT — Yesterday, conservation groups simultaneously moved to intervene and dismiss a lawsuit brought by Signal Peak Energy, which is seeking to force the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) to rush the environmental review of a proposed 175-million-ton expansion at its Bull Mountains coal mine in Montana.