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Background Report: Benefits of Coal Ash Cleanup and Remediation

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Client: Earthjustice

Authors: Joshua R. Castigliego, Tyler Comings, Sagal Alisalad, Liz Stanton, PhD

July 2021

On behalf of Earthjustice, Researcher Joshua Castigliego, Senior Researcher Tyler Comings, Assistant Researcher Sagal Alisalad, and Senior Economist Liz Stanton, PhD prepared a report outlining the benefits of coal ash cleanup and remediation at three power plants: Montana’s Colstrip Steam Electricity Station, South Carolina’s Grainger Generating Station, and Indiana’s Michigan City Generating Station.

AEC staff found that the more complete and more effective cleanup scenarios with full excavation of coal ash in contact with groundwater and contaminated soils results in more than double the jobs compared to the less effective cleanup plans. In all three case studies, workers’ income and local economic activity follow this same pattern with more stringent clean up protocols resulting in greater benefits for both workers and the community.

Following release of this report, on August 6, 2021, Michigan City Council passed a unanimous resolution supporting the more stringent coal ash cleanup option. Read the resolution below.

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Link to Earthjustice Publication

Link to Press Release

Link to Resolution

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tags: Joshua-Castigliego, Liz-Stanton, Tyler-Comings, Sagal-Alisalad
categories: Michigan, Montana, South Carolina, Jobs, Coal Plants
Thursday 07.29.21
Posted by Liz Stanton
 

Testimony on Dominion Energy South Carolina's 2020 Rate Case

Source: The Times and Democrat

Source: The Times and Democrat

Client: Sierra Club

Author: Liz Stanton, PhD

On behalf of Sierra Club, Clinic Director and Senior Economist Liz Stanton, PhD provided expert testimony to Dominion Energy South Carolina’s 2020 Rate Case (Docket No. 2020-125-E) before the Public Service Commission of South Carolina. In her testimony, Dr. Stanton evaluated the economics of the coal-fired units owned by Dominion and assessed the degree to which both recovery of capital costs incurred at the Wateree, Williams, and Cope plants during the period from 2012 through 2019 and continued investment in and operation of these units in the future are just and reasonable.

Her recommendations to the Public Service Commission of South Carolina for the Wateree, Williams, and Cope plants included a cap on future capital expenditures intended to prolong the lives of the coal units, as well as requiring DESC to seek approval of any expenditure that exceeds that cap before that expenditure can be recovered from ratepayers.


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tags: Liz-Stanton
categories: South Carolina, Natural Gas, Coal Plants, Capital Costs
Thursday 11.12.20
Posted by Liz Stanton