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Sierra Club Gives U.S. Utilities an F on Clean Energy, Citing Surge in New Gas Plans

The environmental group cites poor planning in the face of surging data center demand.

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.