November 28, 2023
Cheyenne, WY – The Public Service Commission (PSC) orally announced today its decision on Rocky Mountain Power’s proposed rate increase. A written decision is expected to follow.
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November 27, 2023
Pollution from coal-fired power plants across the United States was responsible for at least 460,000 deaths over the past two decades, causing twice as many premature deaths as previously estimated, new research reveals.
November 26, 2023
Just before Thanksgiving, the South Carolina Public Service Commission (SCPSC) approved the Dominion Energy South Carolina (DESC) Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) in its entirety, only requiring that DESC “fully address” the Office of Regulatory Staff’s’ limited recommendations in its 2024 IRP update.
November 21, 2023
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Today, Governor Shapiro announced that he will be appealing a recent lower court decision that blocked the Commonwealth’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
November 15, 2023
Communities in Maryland will be able to breathe easier before the end of the decade with AES Corporation’s announcement of its intent to retire the Warrior Run coal plant in June 2024.
November 3, 2023
Cheyenne, WY – After months of feedback from concerned Rocky Mountain Power customers opposed to the utility’s unprecedented rate hike, yesterday marked the conclusion of the Public Service Commission’s (PSC) contentious rate case hearing and public comment period. Parties to the case will file closing briefs, and the PSC plans to deliberate in a public meeting on November 28 on whether it will approve or deny the historic rate increase.
November 3, 2023
Lansing, MI - After months of advocacy, lobbying, and engagement Michigan finally acted to curb climate change driven by the utility sector. Passed by the State House late last night, Senate Bills 271, 273, and 502 move Michigan towards a clean energy future. They also reduce energy waste and give more power to the Michigan Public Service Commision (MPSC)--the body that oversees electrical utility regulation.
November 2, 2023
Georgia Power filed a request with the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) for permission to build 30% more methane gas and oil beyond what the utility originally projected in last year’s integrated resource plan (IRP).
October 30, 2023
The groups say that FERC's decisions to reject rehearings on Rio Grande LNG, Texas LNG, and the Rio Bravo pipeline are more evidence that the commission goes through the motions rather than meaningfully carry out its regulatory duties. The organizations now turn their focus to ongoing legal challenges to the reapprovals of the destructive facilities.
October 25, 2023
Topeka, KS - Yesterday, the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) issued an order approving a settlement changing rules for customers of Evergy Kansas Central, Inc., Evergy Kansas South, Inc., and Evergy Metro, Inc. (collectively Evergy), a monopoly electric utility in Kansas and Missouri that provides energy to 1.7 million residential, commercial, and industrial customers.
October 24, 2023
Salt Lake City, UT – Today clean energy advocates convened at the Public Service Commission (PSC) to spotlight how Rocky Mountain Power continues to slow its transition to clean energy at the expense of its customers and Utah taxpayers.
October 23, 2023
After last week’s vote by the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission, the Tolk coal plant in the Texas Panhandle will close down four years earlier than its previous retirement date.