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Thankful for More Solar in Alabama
While the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has been retiring old coal plants or investing in expensive pollution controls to keep other coal plants operational, it has primarily focused on replacing any lost…
Alabama Voices: Coal ash a threat to state's waters
This guest post is written by Cindy Lowry, Executive Director of Alabama Rivers Alliance and was originally published in the Montgomery Adviser on February 18, 2014. It is reposted here with permission. If the…
Southeast Coal Roundup - Duke and Other Southeast Utilities
Across our region, utilities are announcing idling or retirement of their older, uncontrolled coal units and embracing futures with less coal and more renewables in their long term generation planning. First we…
Energy Efficiency in the Southeast Annual Report: Federal Funding Adds to Tremendous Potential
Despite years of underinvestment on efficiency in the Southeast, a massive infusion of new federal funding and recent changes in utility resource planning create a once-in-a-generation opportunity to cash in our region's…
Obama threatens to veto bill that would undermine EPA coal ash rule
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on H.R. 1734, a dangerous bill that threatens the health and safety of communities here in the Southeast and across the country. Rep.…
Why should Duke Energy go beyond compliance with solar power?
This blog was written by John D. Wilson, former Deputy Director for Regulatory Policy at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
Winter is coming! Which prediction should you trust?
This blog was written by John D. Wilson, former Deputy Director for Regulatory Policy at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
Where the 2019 Knoxville Mayoral Candidates Stand on Energy
This post examines where the 2019 Knoxville mayoral candidates stand on key energy and climate issues. As a reminder general election day is less than three weeks away! Early voting starts October…
Southeast Coal Retirements Mount in 2010
Late last year we reported in this blog about the wave of old coal plant retirement announcements throughout the Southeast in which we counted 11 likely retirements in 4 Southeast states. A…
Transitioning to Electric Transportation will Spur Economic Development in the Southeast
A new brief, "Transportation Electrification in the Southeast", shows that while the region is benefiting greatly from electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing job creation and economic investment, the region is not yet maximizing…