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2,441 mentions for advocacy area: Utility Decarbonization
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A Savannah Morning News article covering G-8 Summit-related cultural events in Savannah highlights a "No-Nukes Night" on June 8 featuring lectures and films on nuclear proliferation and plutonium production. Southern Alliance for Clean Energy is listed…
“TVA is not looking forward, it is still locked in the failed vision of the past”
“As evidenced by today's NRC decision, regulators unfortunately continue to ignore the real ramifications that this risky, expensive nuclear project could have on utility customers and local communities. There are serious safety and economic concerns that will eventually come to a front. Before billions more dollars are spent, post-Fukushima issues should be dealt with in order to best protect surrounding communities and ratepayers' pocketbooks.”
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville announced Environmental Leadership Award winners for 2012. Maria Rosales, a senior majoring in environmental studies, won the undergraduate award and is noted as a head intern at the Southern Alliance for…
The Georgia Public Service Commission held a hearing on Georgia Power's 3.2-gigawatt power contract with OpenAI, which has been entirely redacted citing trade secrets. Multiple organizations, including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Sierra Club, and…
TVA completed the $790 million John Sevier Combined Cycle Gas Plant near Rogersville, Tennessee, a month ahead of schedule and $30 million under budget. The 880-megawatt natural gas plant began commercial operation and will replace part…
“Today's agreement is great news for Georgia ratepayers, who will now avoid $2.3 billion in costs from Plant Ben Hill and reduce their monthly utility bill through new energy efficiency programs. It also sends a message to those who continue to support Plant Washington: you can't ignore the public health costs of dirty energy sources any more.”
Three environmental groups, including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, filed suit against state-owned Santee Cooper over toxic arsenic discharges from the utility's Grainger coal-fired power plant in Conway. The lawsuit challenges the company's plan to…
Environmental and public health groups, including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, filed a lawsuit against the EPA to force completion of rulemaking for coal ash disposal safeguards. The lawsuit highlights 30 years without EPA updates…
“TVA's decision in August, 2007, to restart construction on Watts Bar's second reactor was flawed from the very beginning”
“There's an extraordinary amount of frustration because this is a festering problem”
“There is no reason to rush headlong into building more nuclear and coal power plants without doing the types of programs TVA once did to ensure we utilize electricity more wisely!”
“They have driven a significant amount of investment and renewables there, and there is no data that indicates RESs drive up electricity rates; that is totally a myth, and the most common one.”
“We need a hall monitor to say this doesn't make sense, whether it's the speaker of the (Florida) House, the president of the Senate or the governor.”
Mississippi State University's assistant research professor Jeremiah Dumas received TVA's 'Campus Sustainability Pioneer' honor as part of the Green Power Switch Leadership Awards program, jointly administered by TVA and the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. The…
