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Inside Climate News August 22, 2024
In Alabama Meeting, TVA Votes to Increase the Cost of Power, Double Down on Natural Gas
“Only in an Orwellian world of misinformation do we see our nation's largest 'public' power utility pass a massive rate increase while providing the public the least amount of information compared to 'private' utilities. It's highly unusual for a utility the size of TVA to issue a rate increase with zero independent review. This is a broken process, and every ratepayer in the Tennessee Valley is literally paying the price.”
By Lee Hedgepeth
News article Utility Decarbonization Energy Affordability Energy Policy Alabama Tennessee
Memphis Flyer June 30, 2020
Report: Tennessee Valley Authority Lags on Solar Power
“The unbiased watts per customer metric continues to shine a light on which states and utilities demonstrate leadership year after year and which are continuing to fall behind and need a serious course correction to avoid denying customers the economic and environmental benefits of clean solar power”
By Toby Sells
News article Solar Power Adoption Clean Energy Generation Energy Policy Mississippi Alabama North Carolina
ABC LocalMemphis August 21, 2024
TVA approves more than 5% increase to energy rates | Here's when it takes effect
“Only in an Orwellian world of misinformation do we see our nation's largest 'public' power utility pass a massive rate increase while providing the public the least amount of information compared to 'private' utilities. It's highly unusual for a utility the size of TVA to issue a rate increase with zero independent review. This is a broken process, and every ratepayer in the Tennessee Valley is literally paying the price.”
By Jackson Brown
News article Utility Decarbonization Energy Affordability Energy Policy Alabama Tennessee
FOX 54 WZDX April 16, 2013
TVA Sued For Water Pollution in Colbert County
The Tennessee Valley Authority faces a lawsuit filed by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management over water pollution at the Colbert Fossil Plant in Colbert County, Alabama. The suit alleges that coal ash ponds at the…
News article Utility Decarbonization Energy Policy Energy Justice Alabama Tennessee
MSN / New York Times October 10, 2021
How Two Bills in Congress Could Have a Major Impact on Climate Action
“A policy like this would really have an outsized impact in the Southeast. We're generally lagging behind on clean energy.”
By Brad Plumer and Winston Choi-Schagrin
News article Utility Decarbonization Solar Power Adoption Clean Energy Generation Energy Policy Mississippi Alabama
RTO Insider May 15, 2022
Southern Co. Takes Heat over SEEM, Opposition to RTO
At the RE+ Southeast conference, Southern Company defended the Southeast Energy Exchange Market (SEEM) and its opposition to an RTO in a debate with three RTO proponents, including Maggie Shober of the Southern Alliance for Clean…
By Rich Heidorn Jr.
News article Utility Decarbonization Transmission Energy Policy Mississippi Alabama Florida
Greentech Media January 30, 2012
Is Wind Power the Most Under-Exploited Energy Opportunity in the Southern US?
“If they weren't genuinely interested, they would just put out a white paper saying it's too expensive, it's not viable”
By Herman K. Trabish
News article Utility Decarbonization Solar Power Adoption Clean Energy Generation Energy Policy Mississippi Alabama
The American Prospect March 5, 2026
War With Iran Is Turning the Energy Affordability Crisis Into a Calamity
The article examines how Trump's military escalation with Iran and energy dominance policies are exacerbating the energy affordability crisis in the United States. Global oil and gas price spikes resulting from the Iran conflict, combined with…
By James Baratta
News article Utility Decarbonization Energy Affordability Energy Policy Gas Alabama Florida
EcoWatch December 11, 2012
Online Tool Identifies Dangers of Toxic Coal Ash Impacting Your Community
On December 11, 2012, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Appalachian Voices, Southern Environmental Law Center, and North Carolina Conservation Network launched SoutheastCoalAsh.org, an interactive online tool that helps Southeast residents identify coal ash impoundments near their…
By Appalachian Voices
News article Utility Decarbonization Clean Energy Generation Energy Policy Gas Mississippi Alabama
Greentech Media February 11, 2020
Tennessee Valley Authority Adds 484MW of Solar Plus 50MW of Batteries
The Tennessee Valley Authority announced 484 megawatts of solar power contracts in December 2019 and January 2020, including a 200-megawatt solar plant paired with a 50-megawatt battery system. This expansion increases TVA's solar generation by 44…
By Jeff St. John
News article Solar Power Adoption Clean Energy Generation Energy Policy Mississippi Alabama North Carolina
The Telegraph (Macon) June 27, 2012
Report: Heat and droughts could cause power shortages
A River Network report warns that electricity production methods in Georgia and Alabama, particularly coal-fired power plants like Plant Scherer, are vulnerable to water shortages during high summer temperatures and drought conditions. The report recommends utilities…
By S. Heather Duncan
News article Utility Decarbonization Clean Energy Generation Energy Policy Alabama Georgia
Utility Dive February 17, 2026
Southeast utilities lag national efficiency averages despite 'low-hanging fruit': SACE
“Our best performer regionally is an average performer nationally”
By Brian Martucci
News article Energy Efficiency Energy Policy Mississippi Alabama North Carolina South Carolina
Southern Studies April 15, 2013
The strange politics of TVA privatization
“First, most of the land owned by TVA was consolidated by eminent domain from private citizens to be held and managed for the public good. Secondly, Tennessee Valley citizens, through their power distributors, have paid hundreds of millions of dollars in rates over the years and should have some equity share in the power assets that TVA currently owns.”
By Sue Sturgis
Utility Decarbonization Climate Advocacy Energy Policy Mississippi Alabama North Carolina
Southeast Green February 26, 2013
EPA: Coal Plants Still #1 Source of U.S. Carbon Emissions
Angela Garrone of SACE analyzes EPA's 2011 Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program data, showing that coal-fired power plants remain the primary contributors to U.S. carbon emissions, accounting for 67% of national carbon pollution. The Southeast contains 6…
By Angela Garrone, Esq.
News article Electric Transportation Utility Decarbonization Climate Advocacy Clean Energy Generation Alabama North Carolina
Southern Studies March 11, 2012
A year after Fukushima, the South remains at unnecessary risk of nuclear disaster
One year after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the article examines ongoing risks posed by aging GE Mark I reactors and new AP1000 designs planned for the South. The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy joined eight other…
By Sue Sturgis
News article Utility Decarbonization Energy Policy Nuclear Mississippi Alabama North Carolina