Press Releases

Pittsburgh, PA -- The Pennsylvania Department of the Environmental Protection (DEP) hosted a public hearing yesterday on its drafted update to the water pollution permit for the Bruce Mansfield coal-fired power plant. The plant owned by FirstEnergy, is a 2,700 megawatt plant located on the Ohio River in Beaver County. It is currently the largest coal plant in the state, and one of the largest remaining plants in the country.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee reported out the nomination of coal bailout architect Bernard McNamee for the technology neutral Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

KNOXVILLE, TENN. —The Tennessee Valley Authority today released its draft environmental reviews on potential for coal unit retirements at Bull Run in Anderson County Tennessee and Paradise in western Kentucky’s Muhlenberg County.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Duke Energy has admitted in recent filings that most of its coal ash pits in North Carolina are close to or in contact with local groundwater.

Today, a coalition of groups filed a federal lawsuit against mining company Republic Energy seeking to halt unlawful coal mining activities in Raleigh County, W.V. Republic Energy is mining one of the only remaining intact ridgelines on the heavily mined Coal River Mountain without a valid mine permit designed to protect water, air, and land on the mountain.

Bernard McNamee, a long time fossil fuel lawyer and architect of the Trump Administration’s failed coal bailout attempt, testified today before the United States’ Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on his nomination to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

RICHMOND, VA --Today, Dominion Energy released a coal ash report on the feasibility and cost of recycling the toxic coal plant byproduct. The report comes in the wake of coal ash disasters in neighboring North Carolina caused by Hurricane Florence, where massive amounts of coal ash pollutants were discharged into rivers and groundwater.

KNOXVILLE, TENN. – The TVA Board of Directors last Wednesday afternoon posted details about the format of their new “less formal” pilot listening session, set for today, the day before its next board meeting in Tupelo, Miss.

Club released an energy transition white paper today showing utilities and electricity market stakeholders how to harness financial tools to cost effectively accelerate the timeline for coal plant retirements, and build out cheap clean energy resources like solar and wind.

PJM Interconnection LLC, America’s largest regional transmission organization, released a study today that found there was “no imminent threat” to the reliability of their electricity marketplace.