11.04.2016
Engaging on Energy: Wind Power in the Southeast
Wind power is a clean, low-cost energy resource that can help reduce impacts of climate change. Wind energy also ensures clean air and water, protecting our public health and natural …...
10.28.2016
Delivering low-cost renewable energy to the Southeast
Wind resources from western Oklahoma and Texas - where the Clean Line and Pattern Energy transmission line projects will source wind - are being marketed at prices around $20-30 per MWh. That's...
10.25.2016
Are We Understating the Potential for (and Uncertainty in) Wind Energy Cost Reductions?
The single most-significant difference came from the so-called ‘leading experts’: a hand-selected group of 22 individuals who are among the wind sector’s most knowledgeable and senior leaders....
10.21.2016
FPL’s Flawed Remediation Plan Won’t Solve Turkey Point’s Pollution Problems
10.19.2016
Guest Post: Another Duke Energy coal ash spill discovered into the Neuse River
This is a guest post from a press release by Waterkeepers Alliance.GOLDSBORO, N.C. — Waterkeeper Alliance and Sound Rivers have discovered a large coal ash spill into the Neuse River from the...
10.18.2016
Question and Answer: An improved tool for watchdogging coal ash in the Southeast
The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) created its informational website SoutheastCoalAsh.org in late 2012 as a resource to those wishing to learn more about the topic. Since then, the...
10.12.2016
Public window into Florida utility planning opens, shuts
While Floridians await a Public Service Commission (PSC) ruling later this year on a 24% rate hike for Florida Power & Light, the Commission is also considering another matter: acceptance of Ten Year...
BREAKING NEWS: Waterkeeper Alliance and Upper Neuse Riverkeeper Respond to Duke Energy Cooling Pond Dam Breach of Quaker Neck Lake in Flooding Aftermath of Hurricane Matthew
Today, Waterkeeper Alliance and Upper Neuse Riverkeeper are responding to and documenting the breach of a 1.2-billion-gallon cooling pond dam at Duke Energy’s H.F. Lee plant. The breach occurred...
10.06.2016
What if Hurricane Matthew Hits Florida’s Nuclear Reactors?
A report published by the Union of Concerned Scientists evaluated the risks of flood surge on associated power plant infrastructure in southern Florida. UCS's report states, "Although Turkey Point, a...
10.05.2016
Chattanoogans Ask TVA for Help With Energy Efficiency