Overview

• About 20% of the 75 utilities reviewed have reversed or weakened prior climate commitments, the report says.
• Companies have proposed 118 GW of additional natural gas capacity through 2035, more than double the level in the first report.
• Planned retirements would cut only 29% of coal generation by 2030, which the group says falls far short of needed progress.
• EEI responded that investor-owned utilities expect more than $1.1 trillion in investment over five years to meet growing load and maintain reliability.
• In Arkansas, SWEPCO and electric cooperatives received F grades tied to the Flint Creek coal plant as Entergy pursues a new gas plant and a Google-partnered solar-plus-storage project.