Southeast Coal Roundup - Duke and Other Southeast Utilities
Across our region, utilities are announcing idling or retirement of their older, uncontrolled coal units and embracing futures with less coal and more renewables in their long term generation planning. First we…
FPL wins, Floridians lose and why is FPL still pursuing new nuclear reactors at Turkey Point?
This blog was written by Sara Barczak, former Regional Advocacy Director with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
Southeast Coal Roundup - Southern Company
Due to the perfect storm of stricter environmental regulations, the current state of malaise in the U.S. economy and the drastic reduction in the price of natural gas, we are beginning to…
Southeast Coal Roundup - Tennessee Valley Authority
Due to the perfect storm of stricter environmental regulations, the current state of malaise in the U.S. economy and the drastic reduction in the price of natural gas, we are beginning to…
Why the U.S. Power Grid's Days are Numbered
This article was originally published by Bloomberg Businessweek on August 22, 2013, and was authored by Chris Martin, Mark Chediak, and Ken Wells. There are 3,200 utilities that make up the U.S. electrical grid, the…
The Alabama I Used to Know: Is the Southeast Getting Climate- and Water-Smarter?
This blog by John Rogers, senior energy analyst for the Union of Concerned Scientists' Clean Energy program, originally appeared on The Equation on August 8, 2013. It is part of a series…
Sharp Manufacturing Jobs at Solar Facility in Memphis
Last week I had the pleasure of touring the Sharp Manufacturing Company of America’s Memphis, TN facility with a few members of SACE staff. Having used Sharp solar panels for both our…
Congress Moves Forward on Energy Efficiency
This post was originally written by Steven Nadel, Executive Director of ACEEE and posted on their blog here. Congress is now on its summer recess, but just before leaving, the Senate made the Energy Savings…
Statement: Alabama Power needs more transparent regulation
This blog was written by Amelia Shenstone, former Regional Advocacy Director with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
Energy Efficiency Model Can Help Meet Climate Goals: California
This was originally presented on NRDC Switchboard in Devra Wang’s Blog, 8-Jul-13, reposted with permission by NRDC.------- California’s 40 years of remarkable success in using energy efficiency to avoid dirty power generation and save utility…