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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.

LG&E and KU Bow to Community Advocacy, Reach Settlement for Lesser Rate Increases

LOUISVILLE, KY.  – Louisville Gas & Electric (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities (KU) have reached a settlement in their request to increase rates for nearly one million electricity customers and 335,000 gas customers in Kentucky. Negotiations and outcry at public hearings considerably decreased the utilities initial request, however LG&E and KU’s new agreement would still increase rates between 4.63 and 10.86 percent for Kentuckians. 

Sierra Club supports postponing Wyoming Coal Lease Sale

After a lackluster sale in Montana that generated only a single bid at less than a penny per ton, Wyoming’s move to postpone the sale signals the lack of interest from the industry in expanding operations.

First Energy and AEP Energy Plans Fail to Protect Customers From Rising Costs

CHARLESTON, W.Va - Appalachian Power (APCo) and Wheeling Power, two AEP subsidiary utility companies, have released their 2025 Integrated Resource Plans (IRPs) outlining how they plan to generate electricity for over 1 million customers, including 460,000 West Virginians and 530,000 Virginians, through 2035.

Clean energy advocates react to Duke Energy’s proposed Carbon Plan

Chapel Hill, N.C. — Clean energy groups involved in the North Carolina Utilities Commission proceeding to develop a new state plan for reducing heat-trapping carbon pollution from electricity generation—known as the Carbon Plan—reacted to a proposed plan by regulated monopoly Duke Energy. Coming after the state legislature’s new law eliminating the interim carbon pollution reduction requirement, risking significant increased residential energy bills and putting North Carolinians on the financial hook for expensive new gas plants and unproven technologies.

Last New England Coal Plant Closes Three Years Ahead of Retirement Date

BOW, NH. – Merrimack Station, New England’s last coal-burning plant, has closed.

Trump Sells Out Georgia’s Public Health to Costly Coal

ATLANTA - Today, the Trump administration announced its “Coal Day 2.0” agenda,  which includes opening 13.1 million acres of federal land for coal mining leases and extending compliance deadlines and rolling back safeguards against air and water pollution. 

Trump EPA Proposes Delaying Clean Water Protections

This delay would add more than 710 tons of coal ash wastewater pollution to Arkansas's environment.