How Not to Set Electricity Rates
Clare McGuire, former attorney for the Georgia Public Service commission and Georgia Watch, contributed to this post. Electricity rate setting is a hornet's nest full of accounting, policy-making and politics. People love…
Energy Efficiency: The New Energy Superhero of the Southeast
SACE recently finished its review of 2011 energy efficiency impacts for the major utilities in Georgia, Florida, the Carolinas and Tennessee. We are proud to announce that all major utilities are now offering…
Duke Leadership Hearing Veers Into Substance
This blog was written by John D. Wilson, former Deputy Director for Regulatory Policy at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
The Devil We Know: Visionary Jim Rogers Meets Southeastern Skepticism
This blog was written by John D. Wilson, former Deputy Director for Regulatory Policy at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
Co-ops withdraw from coal plant with Orwellian twist
On Wednesday morning, July 11, the Newton Citizen reported that three candidates were running for the board of Snapping Shoals EMC, motivated in part by their opposition to the proposed coal-fired Plant…
Our New Home: How We Made It Better
When anyone moves into a new place, they start to think about the changes they want to make in their new home. The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy moved into our new…
State Clean Energy Rankings: Southeast Lagging Behind
After investigating a range of factors in technology, policy, and capital, a new report on United States Clean Energy leadership evaluates and ranks each state for status and developments in clean technology…
Duke Energy adds neighborhood energy efficiency program in South Carolina
Last fall we wrote about Progress Energy's successful implementation of its Neighborhood Energy Saver program. We are happy to announce that this program has already inspired change in our region: as of last…
Florida Municipalities Moving Ahead on Clean Energy Solutions
Have you heard of PACE? Property Assessed Clean Energy? Well, if you live in Florida, you will soon… Florida’s local elected officials aren’t waiting around for state or federal action requiring enforcement…
Just Another Two Billion Dollars Between Friends
Under the leadership duo of Bill Sansom's tenure as the Tennessee Valley Authority's Board Chairman and Tom Kilgore's years as CEO, we have witnessed some of the largest financial mistakes ever made in the…