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Alabama Power

Alabama Governor Names Four New PSC Members, Including Its First Two Black Appointees

Gov. Kay Ivey announced the appointments as a first step under new legislation expanding the state’s utilities regulator from three to seven seats in 2027.

By Dennis Pillion

 Gov. Kay Ivey announced the appointments of four new Alabama Public Service Commissioners (from left): Ron Burgess, Fred Johnson, Demarcus Joiner and Quinton Ross. Credit: Alabama Governor's Office
Incumbent Public Service Commissioner Jeremy Oden (left) lost his seat in May’s primary. Chris Beeker (right) will face his opponent in a runoff. Credit: Alabama Governor’s Office

In Alabama Primary Elections, Incumbent Utility Regulators Feel the Squeeze of High Energy Prices

By Lee Hedgepeth
Power lines zigzag across the Birmingham sky. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

In the Wake of Georgia’s Blue Wave, Alabama Changed Its Utility Regulation Elections. This Black Democrat Is Suing. 

By Lee Hedgepeth
An aerial view of the nearly 600-acre coal ash pond at Alabama Power’s James M. Barry Electric Generating Plant. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Alabama Coal Ash Lawsuit Can Continue, Appeals Court Rules

By Dennis Pillion
Former Vice President Al Gore sits for an interview in Nashville on May 1. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/ Inside Climate News

20 Years After ‘An Inconvenient Truth,’ Al Gore Grapples With the (Big) Wrinkle of AI

By Lee Hedgepeth
The Alabama State House in Montgomery. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

As the Alabama Legislature Adjourns, Environmentalists See a Silver Lining

By Lee Hedgepeth
Protestors march from Birmingham's Kelly Ingram Park toward Alabama Power’s Birmingham headquarters on Monday. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Alabama’s Governor Signed a Landmark Utility Regulation Bill Into Law. Many Say It’s a Win For Alabama Power.

By Lee Hedgepeth
Mark Johnston, a plaintiff in the case, stands with the 6 kW solar array at his Alabama home. Credit: Courtesy of Southern Environmental Law Center

Judge Rules Alabama Power Can Keep Its Solar Fee, Among the Nation’s Highest

By Dennis Pillion
Power lines run in front of the coal-fired James H. Miller Jr. Electric Generating Plant in Adamsville, Ala. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Alabama Poised to Drastically Overhaul Utility Regulation. Will It Lower Electric Bills?

By Dennis Pillion
Plant Barry’s toxic coal ash lagoon is more than a mile across at some points and is surrounded by the Mobile River, located just feet from its edge. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

How Alabama Power Has Left the ‘American Amazon’ at Risk

By Lee Hedgepeth
Alabama Gov. George Wallace speaks during his 1963 inaugural address. Credit: Getty Images

How George Wallace and Bull Connor Set the Stage for Alabama’s Sky-High Electric Rates

By Dennis Pillion
A power substation is seen near Birmingham, Ala. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Alabama Regulators Approve Two-Year Electric Rate Freeze and Two Solar Projects for a Meta Inc. Data Center

By Dennis Pillion
Alabama Power got approval to purchase the 895-megawatt Lindsay Hill Generating Station near Billingsley, Ala. for $622 million earlier this year. Credit: Dennis Pillion/Inside Climate News

Alabama Power Seeks to Delay Rate Hike for New Gas Plant Amid Outcry

By Dennis Pillion

How Alabama Power Kept Bills Up and Opposition Out to Become One of the Most Powerful Utilities in the Country

By Dennis Pillion, Lee Hedgepeth
The Alabama Public Service Commission gathers for a meeting on Tuesday, where the commissioners approved Alabama Power’s request to buy the Lindsay Hill Generating Station for $622 million. Credit: Courtesy of Alabama Public Service Commission

Alabama Power Gets Approval to Buy $622 Million Natural Gas Plant, Expecting More Data Centers

By Dennis Pillion
The covered coal ash pond at Alabama Power’s Plant Gadsden sits adjacent to the Coosa River in Gadsden, Ala. Credit: Courtesy of Coosa Riverkeeper

Capped Alabama Coal Ash Pond Still Polluting Groundwater 7 Years After Closure, Lawsuit Claims

By Dennis Pillion
Former state legislator and Tuscaloosa city councilor Cynthia Almond is the newly appointed president of the Alabama Public Service Commission, the state’s top utility regulator. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Alabama’s New Utility Commission President Wants to Hear From ‘All Sides’ as She Assumes New Role

By Dennis Pillion, Lee Hedgepeth
Twinkle Cavanaugh was recently appointed as the State Director for Rural Development in Alabama under the Trump administration. Credit: Twinkle Cavanaugh Campaign

A Twinkle in Trump’s Eye: A Shakeup at Alabama’s Top Utility Regulator

By Lee Hedgepeth
A covered coal ash pond sits adjacent to the Coosa River in Gadsden, Ala. Credit: Courtesy of Coosa Riverkeeper

Alabama Power Threatened With Lawsuit for Contaminating Groundwater With Coal Ash

By Dennis Pillion, Lee Hedgepeth

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