Facing NextEra’s Mr. Hyde in Florida
SACE staff George Cavros and John Wilson also contributed to this post. Which is the true face of NextEra Energy? The company which is widely admired for advancing renewable energy everywhere BUT…
We Need to Support All Types of Solar: Utility-Scale, Rooftop, Community, and More
This guest blog was written by Jim Marston, the founding director of the Texas office of Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). The original post was posted on May 20 and can be found here. Solar energy is…
The EPA's Clean Power Plan: Setting the Record Straight on the Benefits and Costs
In honor of Vanderbilt University's event "The Clean Power Plan: Health, Energy Demand and Economic Effects" (taking place today and tomorrow) we are publishing this guest blog written by John Rogers, Senior Energy…
Tesla needs dirt cheap power to charge PowerWall and PowerPack, but from where?
Tesla, the electric car company, is announcing today that it will begin providing batteries to power households and utilities. Already, the blogosphere is catching fire with excitement over the new PowerWall product.…
A Bright, Sunny Forecast for the Tennessee Valley
This blog was written by John D. Wilson, former Deputy Director for Regulatory Policy at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
An Earth Day Action That Matters
It is of enormous significance that President Barack Obama is coming to Florida for Earth Day. He can go anywhere in the county, or world, and yet he chooses to come here…
Exposing Corporate Pawns: PACE
One important service we try to provide to our members, supporters, and the news media that follow clean energy issues in our region is information on who is trying to move our…
Separating PACE's Fiction from the Facts on Solar Power
The Partnership for Affordable Clean Energy (PACE) is the public face of a complex network of firms employed by fossil fuel and monopoly utility interests. The organization recently disseminated talking points on solar power…
Duke Energy called out for targeting black community with 'cynical' anti-solar campaign
This post, written by Sue Sturgis of the Institute for Southern Studies, was originally posted on the Facing South blog here. A North Carolina minister and an environmental watchdog have sent a letter to Duke Energy President…
The Sun is Shining a Little Brighter in South Carolina Thanks to Historic Solar Agreement
In less than a year, South Carolina has gone from being a state that was widely seen as resistant, if not downright hostile, to solar energy, to establishing itself as trailblazer in…