Hats off to Florida Power and Light and Orlando Utilities Commission for making progress toward transitioning to sustainable energy.

Shame, shame on JEA, Duke Energy of Florida, Tampa Electric Company (TECO,) and Seminole Electric Cooperative.  JEA is one of the largest water users in the state.  TECO only recently abolished its huge coal-fired plant near Tampa.

The Dirty Truth: Sierra Club Grades Florida’s Utility Companies

by Susannah Randolph, Senior Field Organizer, Sierra Club

The Sierra Club’s annual Dirty Truth Report analyzes the plans of 77 utilities owned by 50 parent
companies and grades them based on three criteria: plans to retire polluting coal plants, whether
they plan to build new gas power plants, and the scale of their investment in clean energy
through 2030. On an interactive website, users can see their utility’s score and what progress–if
any–the utility has made toward transitioning to cleaner, more affordable energy.
Though clean energy is less expensive than 99 percent of existing coal and new gas generation,
only 20 of the 77 utilities have plans to be entirely coal-free by 2030. Combined, these 77
utilities are planning to build 53 gigawatts of new gas plants through 2030, nearly 40 percent
more than was planned last year.
In Florida, B grades went to Florida Power & Light (FPL) and Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC)
for no new fossil fuels and increased investments in renewable energy. The rest of the graded
utilities received F’s: JEA, Duke Energy Florida, Tampa Electric Company (TECO), and Seminole
Electric Cooperative.

Read the report and find your utility at coal.sierraclub.org/the-problem/dirty-truth-
greenwashing-utilities.