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December 2, 2022

Milwaukee, WI – Yesterday the Public Service Commission (PSC) approved We Energies’ request for a rate increase of 10.9% for electric and 9% for gas for its customers.

December 2, 2022

SWEDESBORO, NJ. -- The Logan Generating Plant, one of New Jersey’s last coal plants to retire, was demolished today in front of a crowd of environmental advocates, state and local politicians, labor groups, and public utilities. At the demolition, Starwood Energy, owner of the plant, announced plans to build grid-scale battery storage on the site and will use existing interconnection rights from the old coal plant to connect  new offshore wind transmission lines.

December 1, 2022

Oklahoma City, OK – Oklahoma’s two largest utilities are polar opposites when it comes to planning their energy future. The Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) scored 99.5 percent (A) while Oklahoma Gas & Electric (OG&E) scored zero percent (F) in Sierra Club’s update to The Dirty Truth About Utility Climate Pledges report.

November 30, 2022

A proposed schedule was submitted to the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) earlier this month for Commissioners to consider either a broadly supported energy efficiency programs plan or a vastly weaker, alternate plan negotiated solely between KCC Staff and Evergy.

November 16, 2022

La Crosse, WI – Today Sierra Club hosted a press conference outside of Dairyland Power Cooperative in opposition of Dairyland Power’s proposed gas plant, the Nemadji Trail Energy Center, that they’ve co-proposed with Minnesota Power and Basin Electric Power Cooperative that would be built in Superior, Wisconsin.

November 15, 2022

DALLAS, TX — Today, Sierra Club filed a formal notice of intent to sue the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to impose a Federal Implementation Plan to eliminate harmful levels of sulfur dioxide pollution from Luminant’s Martin Lake coal-fired power plant. 

15 de noviembre de 2022

En el Día de la Energía en la COP27, la Agencia Internacional de Energía (AIE) emitió hoy su nuevo reporte titulado “El Carbón en las Transiciones de Cero Emisiones Netas: Estrategias para un cambio rápido, seguro y centrado en la población”.

November 11, 2022

In a rally this week, Iowan organizers and residents joined together to rally against politically backed venture capitalists seeking to profit from eminent domain abuses for carbon pipelines

November 3, 2022

Milwaukee, WI – Today the Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC) will hold two public hearings regarding We Energies’ request for a massive increase in its electricity and gas rates. PSC approval is required for We Energie’ proposed rate increases to take effect.

November 3, 2022

Lansing, MI -- On November 3, DTE filed an updated 15-year energy plan (Integrated Resource Plan) at Michigan Public Service Commission which proposes to:

3 de noviembre de 2022

En vísperas de la COP 27, un nuevo reporte de la Campaña de Finanzas Libres de Combustibles Fósiles del Sierra Club analiza las promesas de cero emisiones del sector bancario durante dos años.

October 31, 2022

INDIANAPOLIS — AES Indiana, formerly Indianapolis Power & Light (IPL), today released its plan for how the utility will generate electricity for its customers over the next two decades with a proposal to convert the Petersburg Super Polluter to burn gas instead of coal.