JACKSONVILLE—Jacksonville’s municipal electric utility, JEA, and FPL today formally agreed to retire the St. Johns River Power Park coal-fired power plant in early 2018. The 1,358 megawatt capacity plant was built in the early 1980s and sits on 1,600 acres in northeastern Jacksonville. At maximum capacity, St.
CHARLESTON, WV – Today, West Virginia committed to a schedule for treating mining pollution generated from seven former mine sites now owned and managed by the WV Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP).
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Friday, May 5, 2017
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- After a failed attempt in March, House Republicans voted today to repeal much of the Affordable Care Act, passing a bill that would throw 24 million Americans off of their health care and threaten the coverage for tens of millions more.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - It was reported earlier today that during a presentation at the Eastern Fuel Buyers Conference, EPA Senior Policy Advisor Mandy Gunasekara said that she was in Washington D.C. to make sure what EPA is doing is helping the coal industry.
BOISE, ID -- As part of a settlement deal released yesterday, Idaho Power announced its intention to close the two units at Nevada’s North Valmy Generating Station several years ahead of schedule. Idaho Power plans to close Unit 1 in 2019 and Unit 2 in 2025. Idaho Power’s current schedule depreciates Units 1 and 2 in 2031 and 2035, respectively.
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Tuesday, May 2, 2017
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CHARLOTTE, N.C.—The Sierra Club has launched an ad campaign in the Carolinas and Indiana, calling out Duke Energy for shutting people out of its annual shareholder meeting by hosting it online only.
CHARLOTTE, N.C.— Duke Energy Progress today filed a request to raise customers’ rates, in large part to pay cleanup and storage costs for the utility’s coal ash waste.
Washington, DC -- Today, Donald Trump fired off a series of tweets complaining about government funding, when in reality, it is his budget that included cuts for the programs mentioned, and it’s his allies in Congress that have the ability to either shut down the government or keep the lights on.
In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement:
Late yesterday, President Trump announced his nomination of Bill Wehrum, a lobbyist and former George W. Bush-era EPA official, to lead the EPA's air and radiation office. Wehrum was nominated for this position once before, in 2006, and rejected by the Senate.
An economic analysis released today by Synapse Energy Economics found that CPS Energy has likely been losing money by operating its outdated Spruce 1 and Spruce 2 coal-burning units at the Calaveras power plant over the past several years and would likely continue to do so into the future.