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SC House Passes Legislation Favoring Fossil Fuel Expansion Over Renewable...
Credit:rui_noronha On Thursday, March 28, 2024, the South Carolina House of Representatives approved H.5118, the “South Carolina Energy Security Act.” This highly costly and risky piece of legislation...
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Biden’s Hand-picked Regulators Okay Most Anti-Climate Utility Plan in Country
The Tennessee Valley Authority’s Board of Directors has taken a key step toward realizing TVA’s plans for a massive build-out of new fossil fuel infrastructure. In an action taken last August, but only...
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Historic Federal Rules Will Curb Dangerous Power Plant Pollution
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under President Biden’s leadership released an important set of pollution limitations for power plants that will improve people’s health and help...
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FERC Puts the “Planning” in Regional Transmission Planning in the Southeast
Today the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a rule through Order 1920 that will bring regional transmission planning into the modern era. This rule is a particularly big deal for the...
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Former Commissioner: FERC’s Transmission Rule will Benefit the Southeast
Ennis Leon Jacobs, Jr. is familiar with the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC). When Jacobs was Chair of the Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC) he served on the...
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High Electric Bills? It’s Not You, It’s Them!
Do you ever open your power bill and wonder what the heck happened? Did somebody leave the refrigerator open all day? Was there a cold snap or heat wave and you forgot about it? Is there a vampire load...
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Duke’s Carbon Plan: Part 1 — Too Risky, According to Experts
Electricity is a necessity for modern life, so it is important that the electricity system be flexible, resilient, and built to minimize risks. It’s no secret that the electricity sector is in a time...
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Duke’s Carbon Plan: Part 2: Flawed Modeling Assumptions Produce Fossil Fuel Bias
Every two years, Duke Energy is required to file a plan with utility regulators that outlines different portfolios of new and existing resources that will be available to meet anticipated future energy...
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Duke’s Carbon Plan: Part 3: How Many Extra Power Plants Should We Pay For?...
In much of the rest of the country, regional markets help root out inefficiencies, identify reliability needs, and determine which transmission upgrades could increase reliability and lower consumer...
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Solar in the Southeast: Seventh Edition Report
Now that it’s summer, it’s time to shine a light on solar progress in the Southeast. In SACE’s latest edition of our “Solar in the Southeast” report series, you can read up on which utilities and...
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