Alabama still at the bottom in solar power rankings, but has potential to rise
“Alabama, Tennessee and Mississippi aren't exhibiting the same level of solar ambition as the other Southeast states”
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Alabama last among Southern states in solar power, but change could be on the horizon
Alabama ranks last among Southeastern states in solar power adoption, with a hefty solar fee imposed by Alabama Power cited as the primary barrier to residential rooftop solar growth. A federal court battle is looming to…
Clean power plan is an opportunity for Alabama: reader opinion
Amelia Shenstone, Alabama Liaison for the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, argues that the EPA's Clean Power Plan limiting power plant pollution presents an economic and health opportunity for Alabama. She contends that reducing coal plant…
Church members need compassion, U.S. border needs protection and more: reader opinion roundup
“Boosting our clean power generation could make Alabama significantly more competitive in the global economy”
Environmentalists paid to kill Alabama coal jobs
An op-ed by Alabama Coal Association President George Barber criticizes environmental groups, including SACE, for receiving funding from the San Francisco-based Energy Foundation to advance anti-coal and pro-renewable energy agendas in Alabama. Barber argues that SACE…
Alabama Environmental Council hosts energy forum with national speakers
“We're very concerned that there is not a real public process for exploring alternatives”
Renew Alabama: Environmental groups band together to brew interest in wind, solar energy and beer at Avondale Brewing
“There are a lot of different reasons that people have for being interested in renewable energy, but historically we haven't seen a lot of that development in Alabama”
Got a suggestion for TVA? Utility forms 'stakeholder' group to study issues, report to board (photos)
“By bringing a lot of different voices in and having a more robust discussion, I think people will have a higher confidence that you will end up with a better decision”
Environmental interest groups attempting to mislead the public (opinion from Patrick Cagle)
Patrick Cagle, executive director of JobKeeper Alliance, criticizes environmental groups including SACE for what he characterizes as misleading public statements about utility rates and coal power in Alabama. Cagle argues that GASP and allied environmental organizations…
Informal PSC meetings short on transparency, accountability
An op-ed co-authored by SACE, SELC, and GASP criticizes Alabama's Public Service Commission for conducting informal rate hearings that lack transparency and fail to provide meaningful public participation in utility regulation. The authors argue that Alabama…
Populism, Power and the Public Service Commission
An op-ed by Cameron Smith of the Alabama Policy Institute criticizes environmental advocacy groups, including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, for using populist arguments about power rates to advance their environmental agenda at Alabama PSC…