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469 mentions for region: South Carolina
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Duke Energy's subsidiaries filed 2020 Integrated Resource Plans with regulators in North Carolina and South Carolina proposing pathways to achieve up to 70% carbon emission reductions. The article cites a February 2019 Southern Alliance for Clean…
“I think almost no one was expecting that it would affect offshore wind”
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…
“Diesel emissions are a leading cause of air pollution-related diseases that impact low-income communities of color first and worst.”
“Americans should embrace electric vehicles to free ourselves from petrol dictators, enhance national security, reduce fuel costs for consumers, address the climate crisis, and put an end to hazardous offshore drilling”
“I think it's a turning point. You put everything on the table and figure out if you can have a better system.”
Duke Energy Carolinas leads the Southeast in energy efficiency for the fifth consecutive year, accounting for 59% of regional efficiency savings despite representing only 20% of retail electricity sales, according to SACE's Energy Efficiency in the…
“Dominion has not proven that they would embrace what South Carolinians most need: aggressive energy efficiency and demand-side management and […] affordable renewables such as solar and wind”
“States in the Southeast continue to have some of the highest electricity bills in the country. An unacceptable combination of low incomes, a general lack of investment in energy efficiency, the prevalence of the need for electricity to provide both heating and cooling, and monopolistic utilities that are insulated from customer pressure have led states in the region to consistently appear among the worst in terms of energy burden (energy costs as a portion of household income).”
According to the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy's fourth annual Solar in the Southeast report, North Carolina has lost its position as the region's leading solar state. Florida has surpassed North Carolina in total installed capacity,…
“Florida's a bigger state, bigger population, bigger utilities. They were late to the game, but they have been coming on strong lately once the economics shifted to where solar's the least-cost resource, that's what we would attribute Florida overtaking North Carolina to.”
“We agree that those were areas of the IRPs that needed much improvement”
Dominion Energy agreed to reduce its rate hike request from $178 million to $35.6 million (1.08% increase) following nearly six months of negotiations with consumer advocates including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Sierra Club, Coastal…
“This is a sea change from a few years ago, when the intervenors like us would file comments, and basically nothing would happen”
The Office of Regulatory Staff, South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs, AARP, Sierra Club, South Carolina Coastal Conservation League, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, and Dominion Energy South Carolina announced a settlement in Dominion's electric rate…
