St. Louis, MO – The largest proposed energy project in Missouri’s recent history will become a reality. The Public Service Commission (PSC) voted to approve construction of the Grain Belt Express transmission line today. The project will create 1,500 direct jobs and generate $1.3 billion in economic activity during construction and over $17 billion in electric bill savings for Missourians during the life of the project. Once operational, the project is slated to save $12.8 million annually for nearly 40 municipal utilities throughout the state by delivering low-cost, reliable wind energy.
Phoenix, AZ – In Sierra Club’s latest version of its annual Dirty Truth About Utilities’ Climate Pledges Report that analyzes the plans of 77 utilities, Arizona utilities Salt River Project (SRP), Tucson Electric Power (TEP), and Arizona Public Service Company (APS) have earned abysmal grades for the third consecutive year for their coal and gas infrastructure that poisons the air, exacerbates the water crisis, and burdens customers.
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Kansas City, MO – After three years, Ameren Missouri and Evergy have regressed in their plans to move from coal and gas to clean energy, while Associated Electric Cooperatives Incorporated (AECI) maintained the worst possible score. This assessment comes from the Sierra Club’s updated The Dirty Truth About Utility Climate Pledges report.Â
Lansing, MI – The Dirty Truth is that Michigan’s largest utilities are not transitioning to clean energy fast enough to limit the worst impacts of our changing climate, according to a new report from the Sierra Club.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. —  The results are in and for the third year in a row, the Tennessee Valley Authority is failing to transition to clean energy, according to a report released today by the Sierra Club. Instead, TVA is planning an enormous amount of new fossil gas infrastructure that will increase the cost burden to customers and negatively impact local communities.
The Sierra Club released a groundbreaking report and research tool today along with an upcoming ad buy in North Carolina highlighting Duke Energy’s continued failures to invest in clean energy.
Des Moines, IA – Today, Sierra Club released its third version of the annual Dirty Truth About Utilities’ Climate Pledges Report.
OUC is missing the mark in the report for continuing to include investments in fossil resources while the federal government incentivizes increasing renewable resource investments.
FPL received a B because of their commitment to retire 100% of their coal generation by 2030 and replace 35% of their fossil generation with clean energy while adding 0 MW of new gas.