Georgia PSC Approves Secret OpenAI Contract
ATLANTA - After a tumultuous and secretive process, the Georgia Public Service Commission staff approved the contract between Georgia Power and OpenAI to power a 3.2 gigawatt hyperscale data…
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TVA Approves Gas-Powered Data Center Plan
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Today, the Tennessee Valley Authority approved its 2026 Integrated Resource Plan, setting the stage to overbuild risky gas power plants to serve A.I. data center interests.TVA’s…
Virginia DEQ proposes $179,000 fine for SSEP pipeline for construction violations
RICHMOND, Va. — On July 16, the Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Company signed a proposed consent order by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality that would levy a $179,068 fine against the…
Transparency, Accountability Needed in Open AI Contract with Georgia Power
ATLANTA, GA. – This week, NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), the Sierra Club and SACE (Southern Alliance for Clean Energy) submitted a request to the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) to…
Nearly 4,000 Tennesseans Speak Out Against TVA’s Fossil Fuel-Powered Energy Plan
NASHVILLE - Nearly 4,000 Tennesseans criticized the Tennessee Valley Authority’s energy plan as short-sighted and over reliant on gas.The Sierra Club submitted 3,669 comments on behalf of its…
Groups take first step toward lawsuit against TVA over Clean Air Act violations at Kingston site
KINGSTON, Tenn. — On Monday, the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Appalachian Voices and the Sierra Club, sent a notice of intent to sue to the Tennessee Valley Authority, warning…
EPA Proposes Air Pollution Exemption “Deal” for Data Centers in Georgia
ATLANTA – The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed cutting the American public out of air pollution permits for “minor sources,” which includes the tractor trailer-sized diesel…
Groups threaten TVA with lawsuit over Clean Air Act violations at Cumberland plants
CUMBERLAND CITY, Tenn. — The Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Appalachian Voices, the Center for Biological Diversity, and the Sierra Club, has notified the Tennessee Valley…
Public Service Commission Passes Georgia Power’s Costs to Ratepayers
ATLANTA - Today, despite the efforts of two commissioners, the Georgia Public Service Commission agreed to allow Georgia Power to continue automatically passing along all of its fuel costs to…
Tennesseans Bike 100 miles of Ridgeline Pipeline Route
KINGSTON, Tenn. - A group of Tennesseans will bike from Cummins Falls to the Kingston Fossil Plant covering most of the 122-mile route of Enbridge’s Ridgeline Pipeline expansion through eight…