utilities

SIERRA CLUB REACTS: Energy Department Loans Money For Georgia Power’s Gas Fleet

ATLANTA -  The Department of Energy announced it will give a $26.5 billion loan to Southern Company to build the largest, most expensive gas fleet in the nation.

TVA Takes the Public Out of Public Power

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Tennessee Valley Authority stripped the public of another one of its powers, revising its National Environmental Policy Act to reduce or eliminate public involvement in TVA’s decisions.

Georgia PSC Refuses to Reconsider Data Center Energy Plan

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.

Tennessee Valley Authority goes back on commitment to retire dirty coal plants

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In an extremely disappointing reversal, the Tennessee Valley Authority announced it is planning to keep its Kingston and Cumberland coal plants operating for the foreseeable future, blowing by its upcoming deadlines to close the polluting facilities. The nation’s largest federal utility had previously committed to shutting down these dirty and expensive plants, which was the basis of its plans for building new, multi-billion-dollar methane gas power plants at the Cumberland and Kingston sites.

Advocates Challenge Georgia Power’s Overbuilt, Flawed Data Center Plan

ATLANTA - Today, environmental groups pushed back on Georgia Power’s defense of its plan to build the most expensive gas plants in the nation.

Environmental Groups Demand PSC Reconsider Data Center Energy Plan Overreach

ATLANTA - Today, environmental groups demanded the Georgia Public Service Commission reconsider Georgia Power’s plan to build the most expensive gas plants in the nation.

Georgia Public Service Commission Issues Final Order on Data Center Power Plan

ATLANTA - Today, the Georgia Public Service Commission approved Georgia Power’s plan to build the most expensive gas plants in the country.

SIERRA CLUB REACTS: Senate Confirms Trump’s TVA Nominees

NASHVILLE - Congress has confirmed four of President Donald Trump's nominees for the Tennessee Valley Authority’s board of directors.

PJM Capacity Auction Ends with Record-High Costs, Again

Valley Forge, PA - Today, the nation’s largest grid operator PJM held its capacity auction for the 2027/2028 Delivery Year. The auction ended when prices reached the price cap despite failing to procure enough capacity to meet the one-event-in-10-years reliability standard of a 20% reserve margin. PJM only managed to procure a 14.8% reserve margin. 

SIERRA CLUB REACTS: Georgia's Utility Regulator Rushes Deal for Georgia Power Before Public Hearing

ATLANTA - An hour before hearing testimony from the public and advocacy groups, the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) posted a settlement agreement approving Georgia Power’s plan to build the most expensive gas plants in the country, leaving Georgians to foot the bill.

Environmental Groups Urge Georgia EPD To Deny Permit for New Methane Gas Units at Plant Bowen

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.

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.