SAN FRANCISCO, CA - In a proposed decision last week, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) recommended denying a SoCalGas application that would charge customers $266 million to study and plan the controversial Angeles Link Project pipeline. A final vote on the decision is expected in the coming months.
ATLANTA - Despite clear opposition from Georgians, the Georgia Public Service Commission has refused to reconsider Georgia Power’s plan to build the most expensive gas plants in the nation to serve data centers.
Washington, D.C. - Today, the Sierra Club released a new tracker which shows that while Americans are grappling with soaring costs, utility companies are planning to add nearly 500 more expensive and polluting gas-fired power plants across the country.
Health, environment, and community groups have filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging the Trump EPA’s rushed and unlawful final rule to delay protections against methane pollution from the oil and gas industry.
Los Angeles, CA - Yesterday the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Board voted 3-0 to approve a controversial plan to pour a minimum of $800 million into retrofitting the Scattergood Generating Station in El Segundo to burn a blend of hydrogen and methane gas. The decision could threaten the country's largest municipal utility's goals to reach carbon-neutrality by 2035 by prolonging reliance on fossil fuels.
LOUISVILLE, KY. – The Kentucky Public Service Commission has approved a previous agreement between Louisville Gas & Electric (LG&E), Kentucky Utilities (KU), and other parties – including the Kentucky Coal Association – to construct two new gas units and saddle customers with higher bills to pay for new expensive equipment at the old, polluting Ghent coal plant, a plant LG&E and KU themselves wanted to retire just two years ago.
ATLANTA - Environmental groups urged the Georgia Environmental Protection Division to deny the air permit for Georgia Power’s proposed new methane gas electric-generating units at Plant Bowen to protect the health and environment of Georgians.
Knoxville, TN - The Tennessee Valley Authority has received a poor grade on the Sierra Club’s Dirty Truth Report for the fifth year in a row. TVA received a ‘D’ on the report because of the utility’s massive gas buildout and slow adoption of clean energy. Exacerbating rising energy prices, TVA isn't adding cheaper, cleaner energy fast enough.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. –The Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA) Board voted 6–0 to approve a $1.57 billion fossil fuel facility at the site of the former St. Johns River Power Park. The plant, which won’t come online until 2031 or later, will saddle Jacksonville residents with decades of higher bills and continued reliance on polluting natural gas.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Sierra Club and partners held a funeral procession Sunday to memorialize the 494-acre wildlife corridor in Bernheim Forest that will be destroyed in Louisville Gas and Electric (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities’ (KU) pipeline buildout. Advocates and community members gathered to eulogize the land, water, and wildlife that will be destroyed by the pipeline.
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.