TOPEKA, KS -- Evergy, the largest electric utility in Kansas and the second largest in Missouri, filed its Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) with Kansas regulators today. As expected, the plan is substantially similar to the utility’s Missouri IRP, which was filed late last month.
Today, Alliant Energy announced a settlement with Sierra Club, Wisconsin Industrial Energy Group, Citizens Utility Board, Clean Wisconsin, RENEW Wisconsin, and the Wisconsin Paper Council, regarding the utility’s 2021 rate case. Sierra Club and Clean Wisconsin supported the utility’s proposed revenue requirement, but did not support its proposed rate design, as a result of which they are only signaling its support of the proposed revenue requirement. Sierra Club continues to advocate for improvements to Alliant Energy’s rate design.
A group of people from the Tampa Bay area, supported by allies in Nova Scotia, tried to attended the annual meeting of the shareholders of Emera, Inc. to demand that its subsidiaries, Tampa Electric Company (TECO) and Nova Scotia Power, abandon their plans to continue burning coal at its power plants. Tampa area shareholders attempted to get signed up for the meeting or get a proxy assigned but were given excuses in the final hour as to why they could not attend and vote.
HUNTINGTON, WV -- Today, the Sierra Club, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition and West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, filed a lawsuit against the U.S.
DULUTH, MN -- Environmental groups and clean energy advocates have released a scorecard evaluating Minnesota Power’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) to educate the public on how the utility intends to provide energy to the Northland for the next 15 years.
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) submitted notice of its intent to file an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the retirement of the Cumberland Fossil Plant in Cumberland City, Tennessee. Through the upcoming EIS process, TVA will identify the timeline to retire the plant’s two coal units and if any replacement generation is needed.
CHARLESTON, WV -- Yesterday, the Sierra Club submitted expert testimony of Rachel Wilson of Synapse Energy Economics with the West Virginia Public Service Commission (WVPSC).
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Kansas City, MO -- Evergy, the largest electric utility in Kansas and the second largest in Missouri, filed its Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) with Missouri regulators today. The good news is the utility proposes 3,200 megawatts of solar by 2032 and 1,000 megawatts of wind power by 2026. The utility also proposes to close the 66-year-old Lawrence coal plant by 2023 and Jeffrey Unit 3 by 2030.
Today, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker announced a much anticipated proposal for sweeping legislation aimed at reforming the state’s energy sector, phasing out fossil fuel use, and investing in initiatives to lower emissions and mitigate the climate crisis. The Consumers and Climate First Act is the latest of several omnibus energy bills, including the Clean Energy Jobs Act, which has won broad support for it’s policy pillars to address the economic and public health crisis, the racial and economic justice crisis, and a crisis of utility corruption.
WASHINGTON -- Today, Senator Joe Manchin re-introduced the RECLAIM Act and legislation to reauthorize the Abandoned Mine Lands fund in the Senate, which builds on the House’s passage of bipartisan legislation last month and President Biden’s recognition of reclamation as a clear opportunity to create jobs and spur economic development.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The White House released a report today outlining how to ensure coal workers and communities home to coal plants and mines aren’t left behind in the transition to clean, renewable energy.