Taxonomy Archives: Alabama
Conservation Groups File Lawsuit to Challenge Permitting for Oil Pipeline in Big Creek Lake Watershed
Groups Challenge Flawed Coal Mine Permitting along Black Warrior River
The continued use of a controversial permit in the Black Warrior River watershed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers fails to comply with federal requirements for surface mining, according to a lawsui...
Tennessee Valley Authority to Retire Units at Three of its Coal Plants
Today at a board meeting in Oxford, Mississippi the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Board of Directors voted to retire units at three of its coal plants, totaling over 3,000 MW of generating capacity...
SELC and Black Warrior Riverkeeper Challenge Flawed Northern Beltline Permit
The Southern Environmental Law Center today filed a new federal lawsuit on behalf of Black Warrior Riverkeeper, challenging a permit issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Northern Beltlin...
The Northern Beltline: Still Not a Done Deal or a Good Idea
Although supporters of the controversial $5.4 billion Northern Beltline held a press conference this week to announce upcoming construction, the reality is the status of the project remains uncertain ...
Appeals Court Rules Against Alabama Power in Clean Air Act Enforcement
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals today reversed an Alabama trial court’s decision excluding expert evidence in a Clean Air Act enforcement case that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency broug...
Alabama PSC Review Process Results in No Improved Transparency or Rate Benefits
The Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) this week voted to change the way it regulates the Alabama Power Company’s rates. The decision follows informal meetings that resulted from growing criticis...
Conservation Groups Urge Stronger Protections for Alabama’s Coosa River as Federal License is Reis
Birmingham, AL – Conservation groups filed a federal rehearing request on July 19 over the reissued license for a series of Alabama Power hydroelectric dams on Alabama’s Coosa River. In order to rever...
Alabama PSC meetings short on transparency and accountability
Residential and commercial customers may have gotten a small, fleeting peek behind the curtain yesterday at the final Alabama Public Service Commission proceeding on the rates and profits for the stat...
Why We’re at the Table: Utility Rate Hearings, Our Natural Resources and Our Economy
Today, the Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) is holding the first of three informal hearings on Alabama Power Co.’s rate of return on equity, a measure of the utility’s guaranteed profit.