June 1, 2020
On Friday, Gov. Jay Inslee extended the moratorium on utilities shutting off essential services for non-payment through July 28. A copy of the Governor’s declaration is available HERE.
Press Releases
June 1, 2020
LITTLE ROCK, AR -- In a victory for Arkansas clean energy consumers, today the Public Service Commission (PSC) ruled that solar power generated by users and returned to the grid shall be credited by utilities at a fair price that encourages the growth of the solar industry in our state. A 2019 bipartisan solar law required the PSC to determine how to credit residential customers for the value of solar energy generated by home solar systems that flows back to the electric grid.
June 1, 2020
The EPA issued a final rule that illegally scraps section 401 of the Clean Water Act
May 29, 2020
Culver City's city council released a new report today detailing plans on how quickly the city could phase out neighborhood oil drilling within the city’s borders, and indicates the city would have the authority to do so within the next year.
May 29, 2020
Richmond, CA — Yesterday evening, the Sierra Club and San Francisco Baykeeper moved to intervene as full parties in the lawsuits to defend the City of Richmond’s ordinance that phases out the storage and handling of coal and petroleum coke in the city, and also filed an accompanying motion to dismiss the lawsuits. The environmental legal organization Earthjustice is representing both the Sierra Club and SF Baykeeper in court.
May 28, 2020
WASHINGTON, DC -- Yesterday, after requests from bipartisan groups of senators, the administration’s Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued a notice extending construction deadlines by one year for renewable energy projects to qualify for tax credits. The move will provide some relief to taxpayers and companies developing renewable energy projects amid industry-wide delays and significant job loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 28, 2020
BATON ROUGE, LA -- Yesterday, the Louisiana Public Service Commission (PSC) approved Southwest Electric Power Company’s (SWEPCO) request to provide up to 464 MW of renewable wind energy to its customers in the state. SWEPCO expects the wind energy investment will save its customers an estimated $2 billion over the 30-year life of the project and create hundreds of jobs.
May 28, 2020
LITTLE ROCK, AR -- Yesterday, the Louisiana Public Service Commission (PSC) approved Southwest Electric Power Company’s (SWEPCO) request to provide renewable wind energy to its customers. The approval could provide up to 464 MW of power for SWEPCO customers in Louisiana and up to 268 MW for customers in Arkansas. Arkansas and Oklahoma already approved the project. The wind energy will be distributed to Arkansas and Louisiana from wind farms in Oklahoma.
May 28, 2020
Ninth Circuit Rejects Push from Trump Admin, Industry to Allow Construction of Keystone XL and Other Oil and Gas Pipelines Through Waterways Amid Appeal
May 28, 2020
Sierra Club delivered a community letter to Platte River Power Authority (PRPA) to retire Rawhide coal plant by 2030 in its long-term energy planning. Every four years, PRPA conducts its Integrated Resource Plan, which develops the long-term plans for how PRPA will meet customers’ energy needs.