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Op-ed by SACE staff member Jennifer Rennicks advocating for electrification of school bus fleets in Georgia. The piece emphasizes health benefits for children, environmental justice concerns for communities of color, economic opportunities through manufacturing jobs, and…
“This historic settlement agreement significantly accelerates clean energy investments in solar, other clean technologies and electric transportation in Florida while also mitigating the impacts of the company's proposed rate increase on customers. Rapidly scaling up investment in renewable resources like solar and electrifying transportation is key to addressing the climate crisis.”
“This historic settlement agreement significantly accelerates clean energy investments in solar, other clean technologies, and electric transportation in Florida while also mitigating the impacts of the company's proposed rate increase on customers”
A new study by the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy finds that electric vehicles could significantly benefit Tennessee's economy by keeping fuel spending dollars in-state. In 2019, Tennesseans spent $11.3 billion on fuel, with $8.2 billion…
“As a pediatrician who specializes in air pollution, climate, and environmental health and as an advocate researching clean energy, we know that electrifying school buses is a win-win-win for Georgia: less air pollution, improved health, reduced fuel and maintenance budgets, and more well-paying jobs.”
“This historic settlement agreement significantly accelerates clean energy investments in solar, other clean technologies, and electric transportation in Florida while also mitigating the impacts of the company's proposed rate increase on customers”
“We may wind up needing more charging infrastructure in the areas that don't have any right now, like in the rural communities. Because people drive greater distances in those communities.”
Governor Roy Cooper unveiled a new PoleVolt electric vehicle charging station in Charlotte's Historic West End neighborhood on February 24, 2022, highlighting North Carolina's push to increase EV adoption and charging infrastructure. The article notes that…
“SACE strongly believes the solar and electric transportation investments in the settlement — coupled with others, such as large scale battery storage — are needed now”
“among the most aggressive in the country”
“If you drive an EV in Georgia, you are having increased access to charging. But that charging is typically centered in and around the metropolitan area.”
“So charging your EV at home, it's like buying 60 cents a gallon of gasoline at the gas station, it's just really, really cheap. And that's part of what makes buying an electric vehicle an economic advantage.”
“I drove a Model 3 once with the fantastic Dory Larsen at Electrify the South”
“One of the great things is that the VW settlement is required to be dispersed across the state because VWs that were illegally polluting were scattered across the state. So unlike other grant programs to date, this one has distributed grants widely, and that's having an impact.”
Stan Cross, SACE staff member, reports on Southeast electric vehicle market growth, with regional EV sales up 49% in 2021 compared to 3% national auto sales growth. The article highlights SACE and Atlas Public Policy's updated…
