Coal for Christmas: Local Advocacy Groups Deliver Coal, Protest Letters to JEA
Key Takeaway
This protest signals escalating community demands for utilities to decarbonize and address rising costs, creating both challenges for existing fossil assets and opportunities for developers of clean energy solutions and large power consumers seeking stable, cleaner power.
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- •Local advocacy groups in Jacksonville, FL, protested JEA's continued reliance on coal and recent rate hikes, delivering coal and protest letters to headquarters.
- •The action highlights growing community and environmental pressure on utilities to accelerate decarbonization efforts and transition away from fossil fuel assets.
- •Mention of 'high rate hikes' indicates increasing electricity costs for consumers, including large power users, potentially driven by existing generation choices and future compliance costs.
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Jacksonville Residents Rallied Against JEA’s Continued Use of Coal and High Rate Hikes Jacksonville, Florida — Today, local advocacy and climate groups delivered costly, polluting coal back to Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA) Headquarters just in time for the holidays. Sierra Club Florida, CLEO Institute, NAACP, St. John’s Riverkeepers, and other groups dropped ... [continued] The post Coal for Christmas: Local Advocacy Groups Deliver Coal, Protest Letters to JEA appeared first on CleanTechnica .