Electricity Customers Pay Billions for Unneeded Power
Electricity suppliers get up to $4.4 billion in extraneous payments, report says WASHINGTON (March 16, 2019) – The electricity grid operator PJM’s capacity…
Brian Willis is the deputy press secretary for federal affairs for the Sierra Club.
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EPA’s New Coal Ash Proposal Reads Like it Was Written by a Former Coal Lobbyist
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Former coal lobbyist and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler proposed another dangerous rule today that will allow unlined, toxic coal ash ponds to stay open longer, and even permit…
New York’s Electricity Market Gets Brazenly Anti-Clean Energy Rule, Setting Up State-Federal Fight
NEW YORK - Today, the Trump-appointed, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) expanded its disastrous energy pricing scheme into New York’s electricity market, a move that will drive up costs…
The Surface Transportation Board Explores Exempting Rail Companies from Clean Water Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Surface Transportation Board announced today that it will start a review to determine if the Clean Water Act still applies to rail cars that transport coal and other polluting…
Sierra Club Applauds House Democrats Condemnation of FERC Attack On State Clean Energy Economies
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, 36 House Democrats sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) expressing serious concerns over the commission’s recent decision to institute a Minimum…
New Report Highlights Impact and Potential of West Virginia’s Growing Clean Energy Economy
View Full Report Here Charleston, West Virginia -- The Sierra Club released a report today, which found that clean energy companies have successfully developed numerous projects in West Virginia and…
With the Retirement of Dolet Hills, Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign Retires 300th Coal Plant Since 2010
WASHINGTON, D.C. - 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…
Sierra Club Sues Trump Admin. (Again) For Stonewalling on FOIA Documents
Click Here to View Legal Filing WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Sierra Club sued the Trump Administration today under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for documents related to the potential development…
FERC Costs Consumers Billions, Hobbles Clean Energy Economy, to Help Coal and Fracked Gas Execs
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) instituted a disastrous new rule today that will essentially exclude new renewable energy resources from the PJM capacity…
Environmental Coalition Slams Pro-Monopoly PURPA Rewrite in Comments
Environmental coalition comments can be found by clicking here Washington, D.C. - A wide ranging environmental coalition filed comments late yesterday against the Federal Energy Regulatory…