Both-And: "Solar in the Southeast" fourth annual report: Part 4
We need BOTH utility-scale solar AND distributed solar in order to transform power generation and achieve 100% clean electricity by 2035.
SunBlockers: "Solar in the Southeast" fourth annual report: Part 3
The laggards in our "Solar in the Southeast" reports are labeled as 'SunBlockers.' In our fourth annual report, Alabama Power and the North Carolina Electric Cooperatives bear that moniker.
SunRisers: "Solar in the Southeast" fourth annual report: Part 2
"SunRiser" is the most coveted designation from our annual "Solar in the Southeast" report. This title applies to the seven utilities exhibiting the largest increase in watts per customer solar ratio comparing the…
Solar in the Southeast Annual Report: Part 1
SACE's fourth annual "Solar in the Southeast" Annual Report includes a number of interesting storylines. Here in the first of our blog series we will highlight a few.
Solar Choice Metering: A Better Way (Duke vs. Dominion)
South Carolina's Energy Freedom Act requires the Public Service Commission to establish a "solar choice metering tariff" for customer-generators (e.g., rooftop solar customers). Customers seem overwhelmingly opposed to the Dominion proposal. On…
Georgia Senators fight to keep clean transportation jobs in the Peach State with SK Innovation settlement
Jennifer Rennicks, former Senior Director of Policy & Communications at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, and Brady Watson, former Civic Engagement Coordinator for the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, also contributed…
As Solarize Asheville-Buncombe County Looks to Expand Crowd-Sourced Solar, We Examine the Impacts of SACE's Solar System in Asheville
SACE installed solar at our Asheville office in 2014 as part of 'Solarize Asheville.' A new effort to Solarize Asheville-Buncombe kicks off tomorrow. So we'd like to share an update. The SACE…
Dominion Energy's Frankenstein proposal would cast a shadow on rooftop solar in SC
Dominion’s recent maneuver to introduce a discriminatory solar proposal reverses their prior leadership and threatens the very solar choice that the state's Energy Freedom Act sought to protect. If implemented, it would…
Trying to Get Ahead of the Impending Workforce Shortage in Georgia's Solar Industry
"[T]o meet the demands associated with an increase in the pace of solar deployment, we're going to need a larger workforce in Georgia." SACE interviews the co-founder of one of the largest…
Vogtle Units 3 & 4 (VCM 23): Six more months, $700 million more dollars
Latest round of monitoring construction of nuclear units at Plant Vogtle spotlights a decade of inaccuracies in Commission filings.