Press Releases
Dominion Energy unveils job-killing, rate-hiking solar fees
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Just days before Christmas, Dominion Energy South Carolina has unveiled a slate of newly proposed fees and rate changes that will cause solar-industry workers to lose their jobs, force solar customers to...
Dominion’s costly expansion plans sent back to drawing board
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina regulatory board rejected Dominion Energy’s expensive and predictable plans to provide power to its customers over the next decades, saying the Virginia-based utility had given short shrift to cost-saving...
North Carolina Supreme Court Rules on Duke Energy Mandatory Fee Appeal
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The North Carolina Supreme Court today issued an opinion in an appeal upholding the North Carolina Utilities Commission’s decision to approve an increase in mandatory fees paid by residential customers of...
Active Energy Group Noticed for Illegal Discharges from Toxic Site in North Carolina
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — On behalf of Winyah Rivers Alliance, the Southern Environmental Law Center today notified Active Energy Renewable Power—a subsidiary of the U.K. company, Active Energy Group—that it is illegally discharging unpermitted pollutants...
SELC Statement on New EPA Clean Water Act Guidance following U.S. Supreme Court Decision
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following statement by Frank Holleman, senior attorney at the Southern Environmental Law Center, regarding EPA’s issuance today of Clean Water Act guidance...
Appalachian Power’s attempts to increase rates unjustifiable
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - The Virginia State Corporation Commission rejected Appalachian Power's attempts to recover unjustified costs, protecting Commonwealth customers, and agreeing with SELC's arguments.
South DeKalb Residents Challenge Metro Green Facility
STONECREST, GA - Residents of the City of Stonecrest and DeKalb County have moved to intervene in an ongoing suit against Metro Green Recycling’s construction and demolition waste recycling facility.
U.S. Forest Service Finalizes 11th-hour Rule to Cut Science and Public Input; Increase Logging on National Forests
WASHINGTON D.C. – The U.S. Forest Service announced today that it is set to finalize a rule that will cut science-based analysis, transparency, and public input from nearly every decision the agency makes, including logging,...
Conservation Groups Sue USFWS to Save Wild Red Wolves
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – On behalf of Red Wolf Coalition, Defenders of Wildlife, and Animal Welfare Institute, the Southern Environmental Law Center today sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the U.S. District...
Groups Challenge Trump Administration Rule Allowing More Toxic Wastewater from Coal Plants
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Representing groups from communities near and downstream of coal plants in the Carolinas, the Southern Environmental Law Center today challenged the Trump administration’s rewrite of a rule...