What the Senate’s Tax Bill Means for Wind
This is a guest blog post by Mary Kate Francis at the American Wind Energy Association. The original post was published here December 17, 2014 on the AWEA blog, Into the Wind.…
Community Solar Projects Expand Access to Clean, Affordable Energy in the Tennessee Valley and Across the Southeast
Solar fever is sweeping the nation, and the Southeast is no exception. Every year, more and more people are taking advantage of the most abundant energy resource on Earth by installing solar…
The Silver Lining to Florida's Disappointing Energy Efficiency Efforts
I have been putting off writing this blog because I have not found a positive angle to the story of Florida's energy efficiency goals, and I was still hoping that there might…
Behind closed doors: Ala. PSC decisions are out of public sight and mind
The following op-ed piece ran in the The Cruthirds Report on Dec. 5th and was authored by SACE staff and Michael Churchman of Alabama Environmental Council. On the day of the Public…
Countdown to coal ash rules from EPA
We are exactly 9 days away from the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) official release of final rules for coal ash regulation that have been in the works ever since the catastrophic Kingston…
U.S. Senate Confirms TVA Board Nominees
The Senate voted tonight to confirm the nominations of Virginia Tyler Lodge and Ronald Anderson Walter to serve on the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The nomination of…
Buffalo Mountain Wind Energy Center: Ten Years of Clean, Homegrown Energy!
This blog entry was written by Allie Brown, former Clean Energy Advocacy Manager at SACE.
Why EVs are still cleaner than gasoline vehicles in the Southeast
Late last week, a response piece, Blowback: Why zero-emission electric cars are still dirty by Dr. Sam Shelton was published in the Atlanta-Journal Constitution (AJC). I admire the work that Dr. Shelton has done…
What do jeans, cocoa, beer and property management have in common?
Hmm, what do jeans, cocoa, beer and property management all have in common? I won't make you guess. Companies from these industries support the EPA's Clean Power Plan. This is a guest…
TVA's Watts Bar -- the last old reactor of the 20th Century
This blog was written by Sara Barczak, former Regional Advocacy Director with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.