Clean Line: A TVA Failure of Clean Energy and Environmental Leadership
It has become increasingly clear that the Tennessee Valley Authority is taking a hostile position towards renewable energy. TVA's recent decision to ignore, or flat out reject, renewable energy from the Plains…
4 Ways You Can Help Defeat Trump's Disastrous New Drilling Plan
You may have heard the news that last week President Trump unveiled an utterly insane national plan for offshore drilling that seeks to auction off 90% of our country's offshore waters to…
Trump Administration pushes offshore drilling EVERYWHERE
Today, the Trump Administration took a huge step toward disaster with the announcement of their draft proposed five year program for offshore drilling. The proposed plan will foist oil and gas drilling…
These 51 Southeast Mayors and Communities Are Going for 100% Renewable Energy
Mayors and cities around the Southeast are going all in on renewable energy, which can help lower electricity costs, reduce pollution, and create jobs. The Sierra Club is compiling a list of…
Energy Storage: Charging Ahead in 2018
GTM Research and the Energy Storage Association recently released a new report on the energy storage market. Due to the rapidly declining price of energy storage (predominately batteries), the report states that nearly…
A Nobel Prize for a Behavioral Economics Pioneer: Are there Lessons for (Utility) Regulation?
This is a guest post of a blog written by Scott Hempling which originally ran on his law firm's blog in November 2017 here. Richard Thaler has won the Nobel Prize in…
Southeastern Communities Get Million Dollar Sustainability Boost
The Southeast has long struggled to meet its resident’s needs for energy efficiency retrofits and lower utility bills. The reason why the programs that meet those needs struggle to get off the…
New Report PROVES Wind Power's REAL cost!
This blog was written by Simon Mahan, former Energy Policy Manager at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
Will Plant Vogtle Nuke Georgia Power Bills? Act Now!
SACE's Sara Barczak contributed content to this blog. This has been an intense week for the Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion project so here's a quick blog to get you updated. SACE has…
The Changing Solar Landscape in the Southeastern US
This is a guest post written by Dr. Elise B. Fox, Principal Engineer at Savannah River National Laboratory in Aiken, SC, and Fellow of the American Chemical Society.