Ohio River Valley Beyond Coal

📢 Coming up tomorrow, 9/10! Join our watch party at citact.org/cp-watch-party-zoom or stream the hearings on your own at in.gov/iurc/watch-the-iurc-live/

🧐 Evidentiary hearings are similar to a trial in civil court. Attorneys for intervening parties like Citizens Action Coalition, the Office of Utility Consumer Counselor, and others will cross examine technical experts.

🥰 Keep your eyes out for our amazing lawyer, Jen Washburn!

Thanks Citizens Action Coalition for your incredible work and advocacy for SW Indiana residents!

CAC Urges IURC to Reject Settlement in CenterPoint Rate Case | Citizens Action Coalition INDIANAPOLIS – Citizens Action Coalition (“CAC”) filed the expert testimony of Ben Inskeep, CAC Program Director, and Justin Barnes, President of EQ Research LLC, declaring its strident opposition to the proposed settlement filed before the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (“IURC”) in...

Please read and help prevent more coal from being dug from the ground and allowed to sickness people and the planet.

...and thank you Citizens Action Coalition for your incredible leadership and expertise in opposing this rate case!

We want to extend a huge and heartfelt THANK YOU to the hundreds of Hoosiers who attended the CenterPoint rate hike hearings! A whopping 78 folks testified for nearly 9 hours, making this "the longest field hearing in recent memory," according to the OUCC. 💜

Read more here: https://www.courierpress.com/story/news/local/2024/03/01/centerpoint-customers-pack-hearings-beg-state-to-stop-proposed-hike/72751094007/

Second Session (or just the first still carrying on), larger room, still packed 4 hours into testimony

Evening session for Centerpoint Rate case hearing will be held in the larger Ballroom at National Events following standing room only afternoon session which is still hearing testimony three hours in.

Heard at the hearing:

Packed house for the first of two public sessions on Centerpoints Proposed $47/mo rate increase!

Speaking of CenterPoint's $47+/mo proposed rate increase for an average customer, you can ask the Office of Utility Consumer Counselor to reject CenterPoint's rate increase here:

Oppose CenterPoint's Electric Rate Hike! Customers in CenterPoint Energy's service territory have paid the highest electric bills in Indiana for over a decade. Now CenterPoint wants its customers to pay even more to continue operating its aging power plants.

Incredible work Direct Action Against CenterPoint Energy! So good to see the City of Evansville standing up for customers!

Evansville City Council will intervene in CenterPoint rate increase case City Council will officially be intervening on behalf of Evansville residents in CenterPoint Energy's latest rate case.

It’s World Wetlands Day - but HB 1383 threatens wetlands and is set to be heard by the full Senate. Please contact your State Senator and urge them to VOTE NO to HB 1383! Take action at https://act.sierraclub.org/actions/Hoosier?actionId=AR0414816.

Join our friends at Hoosiers for Community Solar at CK Newsome Community Center tomorrow at 6 PM!

Hoosiers for Community Solar: Screening and Small Group Discussion Come join us for an in-person screening of "Community Solar 101" followed by a small group discussion!

"The Ohio River doesn't belong to Alcoa to pollute with impunity; it belongs to everyone to use and enjoy without fear of being poisoned," said Joab Schultheis, Energy Committee Chair, Hoosier Chapter Sierra Club. "I'm hopeful this notice will be enough for Alcoa to agree it needs to comply with our clean water safeguards."
Read our full press release here:

Groups Take Legal Action to Stop Aluminum Factory’s Illegal Mercury Pollution in Ohio River Alcoa Warrick Aluminum Smelting Plant Near Evansville, IN, Hit with Notice of Intent to Sue for Repeatedly Violating Legal Limits for Toxic Metals

Sierra Club Statement on Conclusion of Supreme Court Term WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the Supreme Court issued its final decisions of the term, ending a tumultuous few months marked by the conservative majority sharply limiting the reach of the Clean Water Act, overturning race-based Affirmative Action for higher education, ruling that small businesses can so...

We did it!

Join us and the Hoosier Chapter Sierra Club tonight! Learn about the priorities for the chapter this session and be part of an advocacy training from Indiana's Beyond Coal Team. RSVP at http://ow.ly/nPfm50MAgjS.

Ready for a ? Join us next week in Indianapolis for Renewable Energy Day at the !