Press Releases

October 11, 2023

Kansas City, MO – After three years, Ameren Missouri and Evergy have regressed in their plans to move from coal and gas to clean energy, while Associated Electric Cooperatives Incorporated (AECI) maintained the worst possible score. This assessment comes from the Sierra Club’s updated The Dirty Truth About Utility Climate Pledges report. 

October 11, 2023

Lansing, MI – The Dirty Truth is that Michigan’s largest utilities are not transitioning to clean energy fast enough to limit the worst impacts of our changing climate, according to a new report from the Sierra Club.

October 10, 2023

NASHVILLE, Tenn. —  The results are in and for the third year in a row, the Tennessee Valley Authority is failing to transition to clean energy, according to a report released today by the Sierra Club. Instead, TVA is planning an enormous amount of new fossil gas infrastructure that will increase the cost burden to customers and negatively impact local communities.

October 10, 2023

The Sierra Club released a groundbreaking report and research tool today along with an upcoming ad buy in North Carolina highlighting Duke Energy’s continued failures to invest in clean energy.

October 10, 2023

Des Moines, IA – Today, Sierra Club released its third version of the annual Dirty Truth About Utilities’ Climate Pledges Report.

October 10, 2023

OUC is missing the mark in the report for continuing to include investments in fossil resources while the federal government incentivizes increasing renewable resource investments.

October 10, 2023

FPL received a B because of their commitment to retire 100% of their coal generation by 2030 and replace 35% of their fossil generation with clean energy while adding 0 MW of new gas.

October 10, 2023

Dominion South Carolina and Santee Cooper both receive subpar grades, according to the Sierra Club’s 2023 Dirty Truth Report released today. Both utilities are currently presenting draft Integrated Resource Plans (IRP) that include heavy, shared investments in a proposed massive fracked gas plant.

October 10, 2023

Tampa Electric Company (TECO) receives a failing grade, according to the Sierra Club’s 2023 Dirty Truth Report released today. TECO continues to rely heavily on fossil fuels with their transition from coal to methane gas at the Big Bend Generating Station, with the volatile gas market benefiting TECO’s sister company People’s Gas.

October 10, 2023

Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA) receives a failing grade, according to the Sierra Club’s 2023 Dirty Truth Report released today.