At the second Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) public comment session on Tucson Electric Power’s (TEP) rate increase request, about 50 people submitted comments against the hike. The rate increase would tap into customers’ pockets to pay for the utility’s over reliance on uneconomical fossil fuels. Opponents of the rate increase include the City of Tucson, Sierra Club, Vote Solar, Western Resource Advocates, and Southwest Energy Efficiency Project.
The Sierra Club released a report today, which found that clean energy companies have successfully developed numerous projects in West Virginia and that small businesses, school districts, and residents could save millions with additional clean energy projects if the Mountain State’s policies improved.
Sierra Club applauds and fully supports the special resolution Indianapolis City-County Council members passed unanimously tonight, calling on local electric provider Indianapolis Power & Light (IPL) to update its 20-year energy plan filed with state regulators in December to include the full retirement of the Petersburg Super Polluter coal plant by 2028.
Today Dairyland Power Cooperative announced plans to retire the Genoa coal-fired power plant in Genoa, Wisconsin in 2021. This proposed coal plant retirement marks the 304th nationally.
Annapolis, MD. - Earlier this week, Governor Hogan submitted legislation which he argues would move Maryland to clean energy future. The Sierra Club appreciates the governor for endorsing this important goal which has been recommended by scientists and advocates. However, in order for Maryland to achieve this critically important goal we need to end our reliance on dirty coal-fired power plants.
Conservation and consumer groups today welcomed Arizona Public Service’s (APS) announcement that will set the utility on a path toward 45 percent renewable energy by 2030 and 100 percent carbon-free electricity by midcentury. Currently, 13 percent of the utility’s electricity is generated from renewable sources.
TOPEKA, KS -- Earlier today, Kansas-based Sunflower Electric announced it was cancelling the proposed 895 MW Holcomb 2 coal plant and that it would allow a construction permit for the facility to expire in March. This followed an announcement by Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, the major investor in Holcomb 2, that it would cancel the project.
Today, Tri-State Generation and Transmission made some major renewable energy announcements as part of its Responsible Energy Plan.
Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 Administrator Greg Sopkin signed a proposed rule to approve Utah’s Regional Haze State Implementation Plan. The plan - essentially the same plan the EPA rejected twice before - rolls back emission reduction requirements for two of the state’s largest polluters, allowing the Hunter and Huntington coal-fired power plants to continue polluting the air we breathe, increasing hazy skies in Utah’s treasured national parks and adding to our climate crisis.
Today, Tri-State Generation and Transmission announced its intention to close two coal plants and one coal mine ahead of schedule. Tri-State will retire the Escalante coal plant in New Mexico in 2020 and units 2 and 3 at the Craig coal plant in Colorado sometime before 2030; Craig 1 is already scheduled for retirement in 2025. Tri-State also announced early closure of the Colowyo coal mine in Colorado.
Arkansas PSC approved the retirement of the Dolet Hills Power Station today, in a settlement with Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO), making it the 300th coal plant proposed to retire since the beginning of Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign.
The Sierra Club sued the Trump Administration today under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for documents related to the potential development of a new biological opinion under the federal Endangered Species Act.