JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Local environmental and community advocacy groups delivered bags of coal to JEA headquarters Wednesday, using the days before Christmas to protest the utility’s continued use of coal-fired power and rising electric bills.
Supporters from Sierra Club, the CLEO Institute, the NAACP, Solar United Neighbors, the Florida Interfaith Climate Action Network and the St. Johns Riverkeeper gathered at JEA headquarters.
The demonstration targeted JEA’s Northside Generating Station, a decades-old power plant that uses coal along with natural gas and oil. Advocates argue the plant is costly to operate, contributes to pollution and drives higher utility bills for customers…