WASHINGTON, D.C. — Public interest advocates from across the Midwest filed a protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today, urging it to reject a complaint that would stall efforts to add 24 new power lines in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) region. The new lines would save customers between $26 billion and $83 billion over the next 40 years while improving reliability in the face of increasing weather extremes and rising energy demands from data centers and other industries.
Washington, D.C. — Today, public interest groups challenged the Department of Energy’s (DOE) second illegal emergency order forcing the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in Michigan to operate for an additional 90 days.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Following the submission of over 5,000 community comments from West Virginians, the Public Service Commission of West Virginia (PSC) has ruled on a proposed rate hike by American Electric Power (AEP). While the impact to customer bills is still unknown, the ruling included several significant hard-fought wins.
West Olive, MI - Last night, the Trump Administration issued another expensive, unnecessary, pollution-causing, and illegal emergency order for the J.H. Campbell power plant in Michigan to operate past its planned retirement for another 90 days.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Donald Trump published on Truth Social that “Any State that has built and relied on WINDMILLS and SOLAR for power are seeing RECORD BREAKING INCREASES IN ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY COSTS.” This is false.
UTAH — Sierra Club is urging the Utah Department of Air Quality (UDAQ) to rescind its draft approval order that would allow both gas and coal units at the Intermountain Power Plant (IPP), near Delta, UT, to operate without requiring any additional pollution controls on either the IPP gas or coal units or even evaluating whether any controls are necessary. UDAQ is accepting comments on the draft permit until August 18.
Dallas – More than 1,000 people and nine organizations have submitted comments urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to rethink plans to weaken regional haze pollution standards in the Lone Star State.
Washington, D.C. - Last night, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency exempted more big polluters from lifesaving EPA guardrails.
Washington, D.C. — Today, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued a methodology to analyze reserve power margins across the country that systematically undercounts the contributions of clean energy to meet the nation’s energy needs and protect system reliability. DOE plans to use this methodology to deem certain generators, likely coal and natural gas, as critical to system reliability, consistent with its recent actions.
Kansas City, Ks – Today, the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC), which regulates monopoly utilities like Evergy, approved a non-unanimous settlement allowing the electric company to build two gas plants totaling an estimated $1.6 billion. Half of the new gas plant costs will be charged to the utility’s Kansas customers.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency’s intention to gut the Effluent Limitation Guidelines.