Lott backs McCullough as TVA chair
“watchdog groups have been pleasantly surprised by his intelligence and dedication”
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EPA plan gives no credit for Southern states' strides, utility regulators say in Atlanta
“This is going to make them have to be on their game. If it's done properly and done constructively, it could lead to a better integration of policy and energy policy with regulatory policy, with the way that we produce and consume energy.”
Group proposes ideas for clean air
“We took the governors last year at face value when they said they wanted to look at comprehensive principles for cleaning up the air. If they want a policy, here's what we recommend.”
TVA considers contracts to reduce plant pollutants
“We've been very pleased with TVA's response to dealing with its nitrogen oxide pollution, which is a real threat to the Smokies and to public health. But we remain very concerned about TVA's efforts in addressing particulate matter and sulfur pollutants.”
Utilities That Have & Have Not Suspended Disconnects Amid COVID-19
The Energy and Policy Institute (EPI) and SACE jointly tracked which utilities suspended customer disconnections during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis in March 2020. The article documents regulatory actions across multiple states and utility company responses, noting…
Southeast states to add nearly 15 GW of solar by 2023
“SunBlockers should look to the SunRisers for how to increase installed solar capacity in their service territories and states”
The Southeast has become a dual peaking region
The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy released a report analyzing seasonal electricity demand across 22 Southeast utility planning authorities from 1998 to 2018. The analysis found that the Southeast has become a dual peaking region, with…
Energy Efficiency Issues
A Public Service Commission Central District newsletter highlights energy efficiency issues in the Southeast, featuring SACE's 2019 Annual Report on utility efficiency program savings. The report examines 2018 data showing disparities in how utilities invest in…
TVA turns to the sun for more power but shifts its focus from rooftop solar to large-scale projects
“That has effectively killed rooftop solar and leaves TVA behind most other utilities in the Southeast in the share of power it gets from solar”
SACE solar report shows clear, widening divide among Southeastern states
“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”
SACE report projects Florida to outpace North Carolina for solar installations
“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”
Nextpower Opens Southeast Operations Hub and Doubles Manufacturing Capacity in Tennessee with Partner MSS Steel Tubes USA
“the Southeast added 5 GW of solar in 2024 alone, pushing total capacity to nearly 28 GW, and is on track to nearly double that total to 54 GW by 2030”
Entergy, the for-profit utility to Memphis' south and west, would love to sell Shelby County power
Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Mississippi have expressed interest in selling power to Memphis Light, Gas and Water and partnering on electricity generation projects. The letter from Entergy executives came as a Siemens study showed MLGW could…
President Trump fires chairman of Tennessee Valley Authority over outsourcing
President Trump fired TVA Board Chairman Skip Thompson and board member Richard Howorth over the agency's outsourcing of American jobs to foreign workers. The article covers Trump's executive order against federal job outsourcing and his criticism…
We Need to Talk About Energy Efficiency
Southerly Magazine's newsletter discusses energy efficiency challenges in the Southeast following Memphis's ice storm and power outages. The article references SACE's fourth annual study on energy efficiency programs, which found that Southern utilities and regulators continue…