March 13, 2025
The Trump-appointed EPA administrator has announced that his agency will cancel millions of dollars in loans that were set to go to Arkansas for rural solar projects meant to build cheaper energy and create hundreds of jobs.
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January 24, 2025
Juno Beach, F.L. - Today, the President and CEO of NextEra Energy, John Ketchum, announced the energy company plans to add more gas plants to its fleet to fulfill Donald Trump’s “energy dominance” agenda.
Additional gas plants would expose communities NextEra serves to worse air and water pollution, and all the illnesses associated with long-term exposure to such pollution.
January 3, 2025
Today, the Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service released the final rule that will determine tax credits for clean hydrogen production. Section 45V, the Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit, was created by the Inflation Reduction Act in order to support the Department of Energy’s Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs program and create investment certainty within the nascent industry that has the potential to reduce emissions in several hard-to-decarbonize sectors.
October 9, 2024
Washington, D.C. -- The 50 utility companies in the U.S. most invested in fossil fuels are planning to replace just half of their existing fossil fuel generation with clean energy by 2035, according to the Sierra Club’s 2024 Dirty Truth Report released today.
September 23, 2024
KNOXVILLE, TENN. — Today, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) released its 2025 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), which outlines how the federal utility aims to generate electricity for its 10 million customers over the next 25 years.
September 5, 2024
NEVADA – Today President Biden and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Arizona Electric Power Cooperative (AEPCO) has been selected as a finalist to receive funding through USDA’s $9.7 billion Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program. AEPCO services customers throughout the Southwest, including rural Southern Nevadans in Pahrump and Mesquite.
September 5, 2024
Arizona – Today President Biden and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Arizona Electric Power Cooperative (AEPCO) has been selected as a finalist to receive funding through USDA’s $9.7 billion Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program. Today’s announcement identified 16 large rural electric utilities that are in line to collectively receive $7.3 billion in grants and loans for investments in renewable energy, storage, transmission, and emissions reductions.
September 5, 2024
WESTMINSTER, Colo. – Colorado’s second-largest electricity provider has been selected as a finalist to receive funding from the federal government toward its ambitious plans for renewable energy.
September 5, 2024
Washington, DC – Today, the White House and U.S.
July 22, 2024
Denver, Colo. – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Colorado and the Denver Regional Council of Governments were awarded $328 million in funding from the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) program.
July 22, 2024
Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the selection of 25 applicants who will receive Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) program implementation awards. The grants will go to state, local, and regional entities on the frontlines of fighting climate pollution.
June 28, 2024
Westminster, CO – Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association is proposing trailblazing provisions for direct financial assistance to communities impacted by coal plant closures, and plans for resource procurement estimated to reduce its emissions by 89%.