Front Porch Blog
Updates from Appalachia
TVA’s Covid relief fund should be a starting point
We’ve joined dozens of organizations to demand that TVA provide funding for a moratorium on electricity shutoffs in the region and debt relief for families struggling from Covid-related economic hardship.
Dominion holding out on struggling families
Virginia lawmakers must take this opportunity, now, to compel Dominion Energy to forgive debt of families and businesses struggling from the Covid-economic crisis.
Energy cost hike would burden N.C. families
The Covid and economic crisis has laid bare the monthly struggle too many Americans have faced for a long time — whether to pay their electric bill or buy other essentials like food, medicine or school supplies and risk having their power shut off.
Mountain Valley Pipeline is not a done deal
Two years behind schedule, $2 billion over budget, only half-built, facing financial headwinds and some investor skepticism, the Mountain Valley Pipeline is anything but a done deal or a sure bet.
Time’s up for the Mountain Valley Pipeline
More than 43,000 people agree — regulators need to reject MVP’s request for a deadline extension.
