Press Releases

September 22, 2026

LOUISVILLE, Ky.  - Today, Sierra Club released its sixth Dirty Truth Report. This year, three Kentucky utilities – Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities (LG&E and KU), East Kentucky Power Coop (EKPC), and Duke Energy Kentucky – all earned “F” grades for failing to retire coal plants and onboard cost-saving clean energy. 

September 22, 2026

CHARLESTON, W.VA. - Today, Sierra Club released its sixth Dirty Truth Report. This year, the three West Virginia utilities included in the report – Appalachian Power, MonPower (Monongahela Power), and Wheeling Power – all earned “F” grades for failing to retire coal plants and onboard cost-saving clean energy.

September 22, 2026

MONTGOMERY, Al. - Today, Sierra Club released its sixth Dirty Truth Report. This year, Alabama Power scored a 5 out of 100. The report grades utilities across the country based on how much coal they are retiring, how much gas they are planning, and how much renewable energy they are adding. 

September 22, 2026

NASHVILLE - Today, Sierra Club released its sixth Dirty Truth Report. This year, the Tennessee Valley Authority scored a 0 out of 100, its lowest score in the report’s history. The report grades utilities across the country based on how much coal they are retiring, how much gas they are planning, and how much renewable energy they are adding. 

September 22, 2026

ATLANTA  - Today, Sierra Club released its sixth Dirty Truth Report. This year, Georgia Power scored a 0 out of 100 for the fourth year in a row. The report grades utilities across the country based on how much coal they are retiring, how much gas they are planning, and how much renewable energy they are adding. 

September 22, 2026

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Today, the Sierra Club released its sixth Dirty Truth Report. Ameren, AECI and Evergy all earned 0 out of 100 for the first time since the inaugural report was released in 2021. The report grades 76 utilities across the country based on how much coal they are retiring, how much gas they are planning to build, and how much renewable energy they are adding. 

September 22, 2026

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Today, Sierra Club released its sixth Dirty Truth Report. Dominion, Duke and Santee Cooper all earned the grade F, with Dominion and Santee earning 0% and Duke earning 13%. The report grades utilities across the country based on how much coal they are retiring, how much gas they are planning and how much renewable energy they are adding. 

September 22, 2026

RALEIGH, N.C. – Today, Sierra Club released its sixth Dirty Truth Report. The report grades 76 utilities across the country based on how much coal they are retiring, how much gas they are planning to build, and how much renewable energy they are adding. 

September 22, 2026

Washington, D.C. - Today, Sierra Club released its sixth Dirty Truth Report. This year, the utilities scored a staggering seven out of 100 in aggregate; this is the lowest score since the first report in 2021 and eight points lower than last year’s Dirty Truth score. The report grades utilities across the country based on how much coal they are retiring, how much gas they are planning, and how much renewable energy they are adding. 

September 21, 2026

Providence, RI - A Trump-appointed judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island ruled against the Trump administration’s attempt to slash $7 billion of funding for solar energy projects. 

The Solar For All program provides grant funding to regions across the country in order to expand affordable solar energy to over 900,000 households. Last summer, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency announced it would rescind the funds and ended the program.