Southeast utilities are signing gas capacity contracts that will burden customers for decades
“Adding even one more dekatherm of gas commitment to the Southeast is senseless”
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A pipeline will cut through Georgia. Whose land will be taken?
“The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) has stepped in as an intervener to SSE4 on behalf of Alabama Rivers Alliance, Black Belt Women Rising, Energy Alabama, Georgia Interfaith Power and Light, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, and a local landowner.”
New, overlapping pipeline proposals are redundant–and unnecessary
“southeastern electric utilities are investing billions of dollars from future customer bills in gas plants and firm transportation contracts, and they are forcing ratepayers to buy increasingly expensive gas molecules to burn for decades to come”
Sierra Club opposes climate-friendly energy pipeline
A Capital Research Center opinion piece criticizes environmental organizations including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy for opposing the Southeast Supply Enhancement natural gas pipeline, arguing that natural gas represents a climate victory over coal and…
Live: Oral arguments begin over proposed data center in Spartanburg County
The South Carolina Public Service Commission heard oral arguments over whether a proposed $3 billion Valara Holdings data center in Spartanburg County must undergo state utility siting review, drawing dozens of local residents to Columbia. The…
Georgia Power seeks 10.5 GW in new generation capacity, drawing scrutiny from environmental advocates
Georgia Power is seeking PSC approval for 10.5 GW of new generation capacity—8.5 GW from a 2022 resource plan plus a supplemental 2 GW request—to meet projected data center demand. The proposed portfolio is roughly 60%…
Georgia Power, Georgia PSC
“Normally, if you're in uncharted territory, you would slow down. Particularly if you don't know the twists and turns of what's going to happen, slow down. But what we're seeing is that Georgia Power and the commission are actually speeding up. They're rushing to get to a decision, a monumental decision before the end of this year. There's nothing magic about the 19th, and we don't believe that this decision needs to be rushed forward.”
Sierra Club and SACE Ask Georgia PSC to Delay Georgia Power Decision Until New Commissioners Take Office
“Approving Georgia Power's plans to run these extraordinarily expensive new fossil gas plants will lock electric customers into increased rates and volatile fuel costs for decades to come”
Sierra Club wants newly elected Democratic Public Service Commissioner, Peter Hubbard and Alicia Johnson to be seated when Georgia Power energy hearings and request are made
“Approving Georgia Power's plans to run these extraordinarily expensive new fossil gas plants will lock electric customers into increased rates and volatile fuel costs for decades to come”
Proposed gas power plant in Colleton County under Public Service Commission review
“This plant is so large that its pollutants will affect two million people”
FERC advances Southeast gas pipeline project
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved Mountain Valley Pipeline's request to amend the MVP Southgate pipeline certificate, shortening the project from 75 miles to 31 miles while increasing diameter to 30 inches. FERC determined the project…
Georgia's Utility Regulator Rushes Deal for Georgia Power Before Public Hearing
The Georgia Public Service Commission posted a settlement agreement approving Georgia Power's plan to build expensive gas plants to serve data centers, despite warnings from the Sierra Club, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, and the PSC's…
Up to 94 South Carolina landowners fight pipeline surveys in court over Georgia gas line
“Once you have a pipeline easement, if there are future expansion plans, you are more than likely going to end up with more than one pipeline on the property.”
Environmental groups oppose Duke Energy's plans
A coalition of environmental groups, including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, opposes Duke Energy's plans to build two massive methane gas-fired power plants in Davie County and an enhanced liquified natural gas facility in Davidson…