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Environmental Groups to EPA: Maintain Regional Haze Rule to Ensure Clean Air, Clear Skies in National Parks, Wilderness Areas

Organizations Submit Letter During Comment Period on Proposed Restructuring of Rule

Regulators Uphold Strong Clean Heat Standards Despite Pushback from State and Utilities

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has issued a final written order on Clean Heat targets, directing Colorado's major investor-owned gas utilities to achieve 41% reductions in emissions by 2035, compared to 2015 levels.

Donald Trump’s $100 Million Power Plant Boondoggle is Extended for Third Time

Eddystone, Pennsylvania - Last night, the Trump administration extended its fake ‘emergency’ order to keep the Eddystone power plant online past its scheduled retirement for the third time. The administration also extended a similar order for the J.H. Campbell coal plant in Michigan last week. 

DOE to Loan West Virginia Utilities $1.44B to Extend Life of Six High-Cost Coal Plants

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has committed to loaning West Virginia’s utility companies $1.44 billion to fund projects to refurbish six of the state’s coal-fired power plants, extending their lives by up to 20 years. Regardless of how long the refurbished coal plants manage to stay online, payments on the low-interest DOE loans will be passed on to West Virginian’s electric bills for decades.

Missouri Regulators Approve Consumer Protection Plan for Evergy Customers

Jefferson City, Mo. – The Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) voted 4-0 to approve a consumer protection plan that governs how data centers, and other power-hungry customers who move into Evergy’s service territory, pay for electricity.

Xcel Energy, Gov. Polis Petition to Walk Back Comanche 2 Retirement

Denver, CO -- Xcel Energy and the Polis administration filed a petition to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) today asking for a lifeline to the Comanche 2 coal unit in Pueblo until the end of 2026, backpedalling on a long-standing commitment to retire the plant in 2025 and pushing for unnecessary pollution and costs to ratepayers.  

USGS Designation Ignores Law, Groups Say Coal for Steel is Not Critical

Today, the US Geological Survey (USGS) added metallurgical coal to a list of “critical minerals,” which could allow the Trump administration to steamroll bedrock environmental laws to boost coke production and widen the devastation of coal mining.

Sierra Club Supports KCC Approved Plan to Protect Customers

Topeka, Kan. – The unanimous settlement reached by Evergy, the Sierra Club, Google, and several other intervenors was approved today by a 3-0, unanimous vote, at the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC).

Advocates Pleased Deadly Springerville Plant Will Stop Burning Coal, Raise Concerns About Replacement Gas Operations

ARIZONA — Today, the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) Board of Directors voted to convert its Springerville Generating Station Unit 4 from coal to gas by 2029. Ending coal-fired operations will create cost savings for ratepayers while reducing air pollution and water use.

Tampa Residents Symbolically Burn Electricity Bills, Rally Against TECO Rate Hikes

TAMPA, Fla. - On Saturday, November 1, Tampa residents gathered outside The Dr. Walter L. Smith Library & Museum, in the heart of West Tampa, in protest against unaffordable rate increases. TECO’s 830,000 Florida customers have faced two consecutive rate hikes this year, increasing electricity bills between $29 to $38 per month. To afford higher bills, Tampa families have made difficult choices between keeping the lights on and purchasing groceries and other daily needs.

Donald Trump’s Illegal Coal Extension Drives Up Energy Bills for Customers by Millions

Jackson, MI - Today, Consumers Energy reported that keeping the J.H. Campbell power plant online after the illegal 90-day ‘emergency order’ issued by the Department of Energy in May 2025 cost ratepayers $53 million, even after accounting for energy revenues.

Settlement Reached in Duke Energy Progress Rate Increase

Columbia, S.C. – The Sierra Club, Duke Energy Progress, and other stakeholders reached a settlement agreement this week on the utility's proposed rate increase before state regulators.