Data Center Load Uncertainty Dominates Georgia Power IRP Hearing
Georgia Power has proposed a fossil-heavy resource plan to meet a massive jump in future electricity demand that the utility says is primarily driven by new and expanding data centers. During a…
Georgia Power's Assumptions for Data Center Growth Could Cost Customers Billions, Increase Pollution
SACE, NRDC, and Sierra Club filed testimony in Georgia Power’s IRP based on analyses by electricity planning experts, urging the PSC to consider experts' recommendations.
Clean Energy Groups Outline TVA Reforms to Improve Transmission Planning, Transparency, and Oversight
Today’s version of TVA is quite far from the original vision.
North Carolina Utilities Commission Adopts Duke's Fossil Plan as its Carbon Plan
Climate takes a backseat as the NCUC adopts Duke's preferred approach of meeting new load growth with a massive fossil gas buildout over decarbonization
TVA Draft IRP - Exceedingly Broad Planning is Meaningless
TVA's draft does not present a single strategy or plan for TVA to prioritize moving forward. Instead it presents 30 potential paths forward based on 6 scenarios and 5 strategies.
TVA Raises Rates without Public Scrutiny to continue Fossil Fuel Bonanza
At its Board meeting on August 24, 2024, TVA requested and the Board approved a 5.25% increase to rates, which increases TVA’s expected revenues by nearly $500 million in Fiscal Year 2025.…
Duke’s Carbon Plan: Part 1 -- Too Risky, According to Experts
Advocates outline risks of North Carolina Utilities Commission approval of Duke’s rigid, outdated resource plan proposal.
FERC Puts the "Planning" in Regional Transmission Planning in the Southeast
Today the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a rule through Order 1920 that will bring regional transmission planning into the modern era. This rule is a particularly big deal for the…
Historic Federal Rules Will Curb Dangerous Power Plant Pollution
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under President Biden’s leadership released an important set of pollution limitations for power plants that will improve people’s health and help preserve a stable climate. Specifically,…
Biden's Hand-picked Regulators Okay Most Anti-Climate Utility Plan in Country
The federally-owned electric utility TVA has taken a key step toward a huge expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure over the next few years.