Tennessee is home to extraordinary places such as the Smoky Mountains and Cumberland Plateau, as well as huge potential for clean energy. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a federally-owned independent utility agency that provides electricity to more than 99 percent of the state.
Unfortunately too many Tennesseans pay a high percentage of their income on annual energy needs. The state lags behind other Southeastern states in the investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy that would help ease high energy burdens seen across the Volunteer State. SACE is committed to moving Tennessee forward on clean energy in a way that protects consumers and ensures a healthy and just green economy for all.
Showing Up to Demand Energy Equity in Tennessee
SACE staff Sandra Upchurch, Jason Carney, and Michael MacMiller joined our partners in NAACP's Environmental & Climate Justice Committee (ECJ) in Nashville on January 19 for the TN NAACP State Conference’s "Day on…
Advocates packed the room and delivered 2,500 #FreezeTheFees Petitions to KUB Board
If you live in Knoxville and you've been driving around town, you may have noticed some interesting billboards asking KUB to Freeze the Fees. But what's that all about? It's about KUB's…
Top 10 Reasons @TVAnews SHOULD close Paradise 3 (and Bull Run)
After much speculation, in a split vote the Tennessee Valley Authority voted at their quarterly board meeting today to ignore President Trump’s appeal and make the decision to recommend the retirement of both Paradise Unit 3 and Bull Run, two aging coal plants in Kentucky and Tennessee respectively.