Article | 01.11.2025
“Energy For All Y’All” Shares Inspiring Stories of Folks in the Southeast Embracing Clean Energy
A collaborative storytelling project between three organizations highlights the innovative ways real people are taking advantage of federal funding to improve their lives and communities with clean...
Article | 01.09.2025
Energy Efficiency in the Southeast: Sixth Edition Report
SACE’s newly released “Energy Efficiency in the Southeast” report shows how our region's largest utilities and states compare when it comes to utility energy efficiency.
Article | 01.06.2025
Pipeline company misleads the public for profit and fossil fuels
Transco doesn’t want you to know that hazardous sites are along its proposed route, that, if disturbed, could exacerbate groundwater contamination risks.
Article | 12.30.2024
In a Flood-damaged N.C. Town, a Microgrid had a Big Impact
A renewable microgrid in flood-hit Hot Springs, N.C., powered the town after Hurricane Helene, reducing outages from weeks to days.
Article | 12.12.2024
A (Solar) Light in the Dark: Six Uplifting Stories from Hurricane Season
Take a look at just six of the many stories of clean energy providing much-needed hope this hurricane season.
Article | 11.21.2024
“A Sacred Obligation of Our People:” The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Leads North Carolina in Environmental Stewardship With IRA Funding
Two years after receiving North Carolina's first electric school bus, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is electrifying its fleet and advancing climate resilience with $4.99M in IRA funding for...
Article | 11.11.2024
A Pipeline Runs Through It
Past a prison and an elementary school, the T15 pipeline will traverse 45 miles of North Carolina countryside that Shelley Robbins wanted to see for herself. The T15 is planned as a critical...
Article | 11.04.2024
North Carolina Utilities Commission Adopts Duke’s Fossil Plan as its Carbon Plan
Climate takes a backseat as the NCUC adopts Duke's preferred approach of meeting new load growth with a massive fossil gas buildout over decarbonization
Article | 10.31.2024
EPA’s $15M Investment Brings 38 Electric School Buses to Durham, Protecting Kids’ Health
EPA Administrator Michael Regan celebrated a $15 million grant through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding 38 electric school buses for Durham, N.C., reducing emissions and benefiting student...
Article | 10.29.2024
In North Carolina, Putting the Farm in Solar Farm
How Joel Olsen uses sheep and the Renewable Energy for America Program to maintain his 28-megawatt solar farm in Montgomery County, North Carolina.
