The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy’s “Solar in the Southeast” Ninth Edition report, released June 2026, illuminates the critical role of utilities in the growing southeastern solar market and highlights solar data and trends throughout the region, including Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
As a regional organization, SACE tracks and compiles information from electric utility integrated resource plans (IRPs) that utilities file with state-level regulators. These resource plans, along with data on currently operating utility-scale and rooftop solar are used to produce near-term forecasts for total installed capacity of solar power (in megawatts, MW) for the entire region out to 2030. In this report, SACE once again offers detailed analysis and information on how solar is doing at the regional, state, and utility levels.
On Thursday, June 25 at 1 PM ET, SACE hosted a webinar to dive deeper into important report highlights that shed light on the progress of solar adoption across our region. Thank you to speakers Stacey Washington, SACE Clean Energy and Equity Director; Anne Morrison, SACE Energy Analyst; Maggie Shober, SACE Research Director; and Dr. Stephen A. Smith, SACE Executive Director.
