Former TVA Chair, David Freeman, Joins Clean Energy Organization as Senior Energy Advisor
Energy industry leader and former TVA Chairman, S. David Freeman has joined the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy as a Senior Energy Advisor. Freeman and SACE Executive Director, Dr. Stephen Smith will…
Memphis: The Time is Right to Do What is Right and Take Action
This is written by Pearl Eva Walker, Memphis resident who works on the Memphis Has the Power campaign. Read the Memphis Energy Town Hall recap. The past month we have all understandably…
Analysis: Overall Southeast Utilities Have More Summer Peak Hours, Some Are “Winter Peaking”
Overall electric demand is flat in the Southeast, but what is happening with peak demand? Does your favorite utility peak in the winter or summer? What difference does it make? Find out…
Stories from the Renew Tennessee Campaign
This blog post was written by Brady Watson, former Civic Engagement Coordinator for the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy started the Renew Tennessee campaign back in…
Berkeley Electric Sets Pace on Helping Customers Through Tough Time
Berkeley Electric Cooperative announced on Monday that it will be refunding customer security deposits, as a way to help customers weather the uncertain financial times ahead. Thousands of people in coastal South…
Just How Unaffordable Is Energy in Memphis?
Memphis has the most unaffordable energy of any major metro area in the nation. You may have heard about the energy affordability crisis in Memphis. Perhaps the most authoritative resource on energy…
Take Action to Ensure Utilities Suspend Disconnections + Recommended Resources and Reading Roundup While Practicing Social Distancing During COVID-19
Brady Watson, former Civic Engagement Coordinator for the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, also contributed to this blog post. Millions of people are facing unprecedented hardship as the COVID-19 coronavirus takes its…
LIVE: Utilities that Have and Have Not Suspended Disconnects Amid COVID-19
The Energy and Policy Institute is tracking which utilities are suspending disconnections during the coronavirus outbreak, as well as regulators that are mandating suspensions. The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy is re-posting…
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: How KUB’s New Contract Sells Its Customers Short
The ink is drying on two major contracts Knoxville Utilities Board (KUB) entered in with Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) on Thursday: A multi-decade contract for KUB to purchase power from TVA (page…
Should MLGW Break Free From TVA?
In the coming months, Memphis Light, Gas and Water (MLGW), which provides electricity to Memphis residents, will be evaluating its long-term plan for obtaining power. MLGW currently purchases wholesale energy from the…