Should we mourn the Clean Power Plan?
The Clean Power Plan would have made a difference in the Southeast. It would have driven significant emission reductions. This blog was originally published on June 18, 2019 and has been updated…
Knoxville proposes new Greenhouse Gas Emission Goals
US cities are taking action to address the climate crisis. Knoxville, Tennessee recently unveiled goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). Here we review those goals, how they could affect the Scruffy…
Four Southeast Utility Regulators to Watch
E&E News published an interesting article yesterday on state energy regulators that are "shaking things up," and four of them hail from Southeast states. We recognize the four regulators highlighted below, do…
TVA: Take 2019 Draft Long-Range Plan Back to the Drawing Board
Yesterday, April 8, 2019, the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) submitted highly critical comments to TVA proposing an overhaul and calling out lack of transparency and manipulation of data in the…
Last Minute "Transparency" - TVA releases key planning data days before comment deadline
Amelia Shenstone, former Regional Advocacy Director with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, also contributed to this blog.
KUB Fixed Fee Increases - based on economics or just a feeling?
The Knoxville Utilities Board (KUB) appears to have set electric rates on feelings rather than economics for years, keeping customers in the dark about how rates align with costs, and has no…
Top 10 Reasons @TVAnews SHOULD close Paradise 3 (and Bull Run)
After much speculation, in a split vote the Tennessee Valley Authority voted at their quarterly board meeting today to ignore President Trump’s appeal and make the decision to recommend the retirement of…
TVA Magically Cuts Small Modular Reactor Costs in Half in Four Years Despite No Installations
TVA has found the magic beans! In just four short years, TVA has somehow cut the cost of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), an unproven nuclear generation technology, approximately in half. Why isn’t…
Where the 2018 Candidates Stand on Energy: Democratic Nominee for Tennessee Governor Karl Dean
This post is the eleventh post in a series of blogs examining where 2018 candidates for state and federal offices in the Southeast stand on key energy and climate issues. To read…
Where the 2018 Candidates Stand on Energy: Republican Nominee for Tennessee Governor Bill Lee
This post is the tenth post in a series of blogs examining where 2018 candidates for state and federal offices in the Southeast stand on key energy and climate issues. To read…