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A Sierra Club report criticizes JEA for keeping coal plants running, but JEA says coal is minimal, emissions are down, and a new gas plant will boost reliability.
A new Sierra Club report gives JEA, Jacksonville’s utility, a failing grade for clean energy progress, criticizing its continued operation of coal units at the Northside plant and urging retirement to save customers $500 million and prevent asthma cases.
JEA disputes the claims, noting coal is just 1% of its fuel mix, the Northside plant is among the cleanest, and it has cut carbon emissions 53% since 2007.
The utility points to a new gas plant approved at the site of its closed coal facility to boost reliability.
Despite the criticism, JEA’s residential rates remain low in Florida, with a 5.1% increase set to begin October 1.
Un informe del Sierra Club critica a JEA por mantener en funcionamiento las plantas de carbón, pero JEA dice que el carbón es mínimo, las emisiones están bajas, y una nueva planta de gas aumentará la confiabilidad.