ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The People’s Joy Parade will lead a family-friendly group adorned in endangered species and other critter costumes to Ameren Missouri’s headquarters this Saturday. The parade and gathering at Ameren will challenge the monopoly utility to address its impact on our changing climate with the urgency it deserves and enable struggling families to live with dignity.
PHOENIX – At its Resource Planning Advisory Committee meeting on Wednesday, Arizona Public Service shared that it has signed a coal supply contract extension with the Navajo Transitional Energy Co. that would extend operation of APS’s coal-fired Four Corners Plant past its previous 2031 closure date to 2038 – going back on its retirement commitment for the plant, increasing air pollution, continuing water use, and likely driving up costs for ratepayers.
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Santee Cooper’s long-range energy plan admits that increased demand from large load customers, like data centers, is creating an upward pressure on costs, according to the utility’s filing with state regulators yesterday. Rather than meeting growing demand with affordable solar and wind, Santee Cooper wants to double down on expensive new gas plants and delay coal plant retirements.
AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Public Utility Commission (PUC) ruled today that Southwestern Public Service Company (SPS) can proceed with closing its Tolk coal plant near Lubbock and constructing renewable energy and battery storage to provide reliable, clean electricity to Southwest Power Pool customers.
SAINT LOUIS, Mo. – Late yesterday, Ameren Missouri filed a proposed long-range energy plan with its regulators at the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC). If approved as proposed, Ameren Missouri would significantly increase its reliance on fossil fuels, including a large increase in gas-burning power plants and extended coal-burning at its Labadie and Sioux plants.
Reno, Nev. – Sierra Club released its sixth Dirty Truth Report Tuesday that grades utilities across the country based on how much coal they are retiring, how much gas they are planning, and how much renewable energy they are adding.
HARRIMAN, Tenn. — On Thursday, the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Appalachian Voices and the Sierra Club, sued the Tennessee Valley Authority for violating the Clean Air Act and putting public health at risk by building its new Kingston Gas Plant, which TVA plans to operate alongside its 70-year-old Kingston Coal Plant, before receiving the required air permit or evaluating the impacts of the two plants’ combined emissions.
Salt Lake City – Today, the Utah Division of Air Quality (UDAQ) held a public hearing on a revision to its regional haze plan that continues to fail to reduce pollution from Utah’s worst coal offenders. In the hearing, advocates called on the agency to retain the requirement in its haze plan that coal units at the Intermountain Power Plant (IPP) close by the end of 2027, as the plant’s owner originally planned to.
Salt Lake City – Sierra Club released its sixth Dirty Truth Report Tuesday that grades utilities across the country based on how much coal they are retiring, how much gas they are planning, and how much renewable energy they are adding. This year, Rocky Mountain Power, which PacifiCorp operates in Utah and Wyoming, scored an F.
LOUISIANA - Today, Sierra Club released its sixth Dirty Truth Report. This year, Entergy Louisiana scored a 26 out of 100, receiving a D, and Cleco scored a 9 out of 100, receiving an F.
AUSTIN, Texas – Sierra Club's 2026 Dirty Truth analysis, released today, shows that most Texas utilities are doing far too little to deliver affordable energy, especially while electricity bills in Texas are increasing.
PHOENIX - Today, Sierra Club released its sixth Dirty Truth Report that grades utilities across the country based on how much coal they are retiring, how much gas they are planning, and how much renewable energy they are adding, analyzing data through July 1, 2026.