Missouri
Missouri regulators vow to keep closer eye on power plant ‘self-scheduling’
Investor-owned utilities will need to disclose when they operate power plants despite low wholesale market prices.
Kansas
A coal plant dispute cost a Kansas utility $12 million. Will ratepayers foot the bill?
Westar says buying the remaining share of the plant was the cheapest way to resolve a dispute with its former owner.
Iowa
Analysis: Iowa customers could save $16 million if utility pulls out of coal plants
Interstate Power and Light could also boost its profits by investing in wind, says a study commissioned by clean energy nonprofits.
Chicago
As Chicago coal plant cleanup proceeds, residents demand air pollution monitors
Seven years after the closure of the Crawford coal plant in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, the site is still a lightning rod for neighborhood activism and outrage.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania promotes playbook for redeveloping former coal plant sites
State officials used a federal grant to draw up plans that lay out redevelopment options for retired coal plants.