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Utility Customers Could Save Millions from Dominion Coal Plant Retirements, New Expert Analysis Shows
Grid Reliability Would Remain Strong After Planned Retirements of Wateree & Williams Coal Plants COLUMBIA, S.C. — Expert analysis filed Wednesday reveals that Dominion Energy’s new long-range energy plan will generate far more electricity than it needs by 2033 if it keeps its two large coal plants online, creating significant … [continued]
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Gov. Braun’s Executive Order Moves to Throw a Lifeline to Coal Plants to Power Data Centers
Indiana — Governor Braun has released an executive order to extend Indiana coal plants as Big Tech continues to propose new AI data center projects to the state. Braun’s executive order directs the state’s Secretary of Energy and Natural Resources to look for opportunities to reopen retired coal plants or prevent … [continued]
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Sierra Club North Carolina Reacts: NextEra & Dominion File Application to Merge, Form Country’s Largest Utility
Proposed Merger Fails Public Interest Scrutiny NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy — two of the nation’s highest polluting utilities with record-high profits — submitted applications to the North Carolina Utilities Commission, South Carolina Public Service Commission, and the Virginia State Corporation Commission to merge into one single utility. The proposed merger … [continued]
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Trump Doubles Down On Coal Power, Just In Time For The Midterms Elections
If US President Donald Trump really wants to boost coal production, bring back coal jobs, and restore the US coal industry to its former glory — oh, never mind. Seriously, he must be joking.
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U.S. Coal-Fired Generating Capacity Retired in 2025 Was the Least in 15 Years
During 2025, the U.S. electric power sector retired 2.6 gigawatts (GW) of coal-fired generating capacity at four power plants, the least since 2010. At the beginning of 2025, coal plant operators had planned to retire 8.5 GW of capacity; however, 4.8 GW of planned retirements were delayed to a future … [continued]
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