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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.