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 Article | 02.10.2026

Black Energy Leaders Across Time: Eight Visionaries Who Powered Progress

This Black History Month, join us to honor those who have shaped our energy past and present in the fight for an equitable energy future for all, regardless of race, class, ability, or zip code.

 Article | 02.02.2026

Record Cold Exposes Who’s Blocking Energy Solutions, And Who’s Paying the Price

Energy bills rank among the highest cost-of-living struggles for Americans. Clean energy solutions help lower bills, so why is the administration blocking them?

 Article | 01.16.2026

Duke Energy Plans to Build a Massive Natural Gas Power Plant in Davidson County. But Where, Exactly?

The powerful North Carolina utility is cagey about the exact location, but there are clues, and environmentalists want to know. In any event, a fossil fuel buildout is on.

 Article | 12.30.2025

Your Local Gas Utility: the “Middle Child” of Energy

Local gas distribution companies have historically flown below the radar of scrutiny. But in recent years, they have helped drive interstate and intrastate pipeline expansions while reaping...

12.19.2025

Lame-duck Commission Sides with Georgia Power and Data Centers over Families and Small Businesses

The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) put profit over people in a vote to greenlight Georgia Power's request for $20B in new power generation. Now, hardworking Georgia families will pay the...

 Article | 12.19.2025

TVA’s New Resilience 360°

TVA’s Resilience 360° program claims to boost reliability, but instead expands unregulated fossil gas generation while blocking community access to clean energy solutions, deepening pollution...

 Article | 12.16.2025

Southeast Regulators Weigh Record-Cost Gas Power Plants as Utilities Plan for Data Center Boom

Electric utility companies in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina are racing to build expensive gas-fired power plants in order to supply power to new computer data centers.

 Article | 12.15.2025

Imagine the Southeast in 40 Years

Please join us in celebrating our past and powering our future.

 Article | 12.05.2025

The Withdrawal and Greenwashing of Duke Energy

Duke Energy’s withdrawal of key residential clean-energy programs and push for nuclear RECs raises concerns about equity, greenwashing, and compliance with HB 951 as the utility prioritizes...

 Article | 12.02.2025

Lame-Duck Georgia Commission Could Lock Customers Into High Cost Gas Plants Until 2075

Georgia’s lame-duck Public Service Commission may approve Georgia Power’s $20 billion generation plan, potentially locking customers into high costs through 2075 despite staff warnings that...