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.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate voted to overturn environmental protections in the Western Arctic, clearing the way for oil and gas companies to greatly increase drilling activities in the area’s public lands.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit to approve the Line 5 reroute in northern Wisconsin.
Oakland, CA — The Sierra Club has filed another lawsuit against the Trump Administration after its Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, failed to provide materials in response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by the organization.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) approved plans that could lead to the retirement of Duke Energy’s aging and increasingly expensive Cayuga coal plant.
CALIFORNIA - On Friday, the district court in the Eastern district of California will hold a hearing regarding the August 2025 lawsuit brought by four trucking giants – Daimler Truck North America, Volvo North America, International Motors, and PACCAR – against California. The court will hear arguments about whether the truck companies must comply with California’s heavy-duty requirements while the truck makers’ lawsuit is pending.
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.