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2,441 mentions for advocacy area: Utility Decarbonization
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The South Carolina Public Service Commission approved a $51.2 million electric rate increase for Duke Energy Progress LLC, roughly 70% of the company's original $73.7 million request, with a 9.99% return on equity. The settlement includes…
Former TVA board chairman S. David Freeman urged the Tennessee Valley Authority board to halt its nuclear power program expansion, citing inherent cost overrun risks. Freeman, a Chattanooga native and former board member, addressed the TVA…
“We think that the commission really should have acted more prudently in light of Fukushima”
“TVA is building yesterday's technology tomorrow”
“The conflicts between energy and water needs are ones we've seen before … and will only worsen as the frequency of drought increases and water temperatures rise driven in part by climate change”
“That a Progress Energy employee would be rewarded for ushering in that kind of arrangement is upsetting. That's unbelievable.”
The EPA published a notice of a proposed consent decree to settle a lawsuit filed by Southern Alliance for Clean Energy and others against the EPA regarding the agency's failure to timely respond to a petition…
“Compared to the other guys, they look great”
An AP news article reports on South Carolina's offshore wind development potential, noting that lower natural gas prices and the Great Recession have slowed progress despite the state's second-largest East Coast wind resource. Chris Canevale of…
“It's not even a maybe, they just ignore the question”
A coalition including SACE, Clean Air Carolina, the National Council of Churches, and USCAN hosted a Citizens Hearing in Charlotte, North Carolina to support EPA's new carbon pollution standards for fossil fuel power plants. The event…
“There's a look (among the documents) that shows the utilities were involved in the negotiations. This is taxpayer dollars, (but) taxpayers were not privy to these negotiations”
A contentious board election at Snapping Shoals Electric Membership Corporation in Georgia pits incumbents supporting a $2.1 billion coal-fired Plant Washington against challengers backed by clean-energy advocacy groups including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. The…
“We already knew that Americans strongly support the EPA's efforts to address climate change and to reduce dangerous air pollution that threatens the health and safety of our children, communities, and wildlife”
The N.C. Utilities Commission scheduled a limited public hearing on the proposed $26 billion merger between Progress Energy and Duke Energy. Environmental and advocacy groups, including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, filed comments urging regulators…
