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South Carolina trying to catch up with its neighbors’ solar energy advances
Another state in the Southeast U.S. is recognizing the economic and environmental benefits of solar energy as commissioners, utilities and stakeholders in South Carolina are ironing out details of a...
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Virginia Utilities’ Withdrawal from Collaboration Casts Doubt About Their...
The withdrawal by utilities in Virginia which had been collaborating with local governments, solar stakeholders and academic researchers to agree on a methodology for valuing small solar energy systems...
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Risks of utility coal ash pit accidents growing despite new rule starting...
If someone were to tell you that neither a state nor the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ever established regulations for disposing of coal ash waste by utilities, would you believe...
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Smart Utilities Know There Are Responsible Solutions for Their Coal Ash Waste
For a President who likes to champion cleaner, safer and cost effective energy and environmental solutions, it caught some by surprise when Barack Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency punted on...
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Southeast Energy News is now capturing the region’s top energy headlines and...
A project of Midwest Energy News with funding from the MacArthur Foundation and technical support from the Investigative News Network, Southeast Energy News is an effort to build a standalone news...
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Data and Transparency are Key to Atlanta’s Push for Building Efficiency Gains
Amid the legitimate news surviving the buzz around this year’s 45th Earth Day is a move by Atlanta to benchmark the energy performance of municipal and commercial buildings as part of a “comprehensive...
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Clean energy outpaces agricultural exports in Florida
If one were to ask what industry in Florida harbors the strongest growth prospects, it might be difficult to look beyond the state’s bountiful agricultural products. But energy users and policymakers...
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At the ‘tip of the spear’ for solar energy in Virginia: Tony Smith
A handful of individuals and their organizations have persevered to develop pathways for cost-effective solar energy in Virginia, a state where utilities are widely viewed to be undermining the...
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FAST FIX: Where each state stands on the Clean Power Plan – maps
Although it was finalized in August, the Clean Power Plan is about to be formally published in the Federal Register. That’s an important milestone because states that oppose President Obama’s signature...
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Let’s Communicate Better About Nuclear – ClearPath Founder Jay Faison
North Carolina clean energy philanthropist Jay Faison is becoming known as a proven entrepreneur trying to change the narrative about economic and climate benefits of clean energy, especially among his...
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Can governments and businesses collaborate on a more Resilient Virginia?
With its collective brainpower and at least some lawmakers and regulators willing to proactively mitigate rising sea levels and other disruptive impacts of climate change, one would think the...
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What U.S. Utilities Are Still Learning About the Cyberattack on Ukraine’s...
It’s been almost four months since electric suppliers serving large parts of western Ukraine – called “oblenergos” — were hacked December 23. While such an occurrence in that part of the world might be...
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Attention Big Power Users: You Can Shop for Renewable Energy Supplies Here
The World Resources Institute has developed an interactive “Corporate Renewable Energy Strategy Map” that shows where heavy users of power can buy what the Institute considers “affordable” renewable...
View ArticleFAST FIX: Utility customers in Virginia take their challenge of a 2015 law to...
Industrial users of electricity in Virginia are taking a much-anticipated challenge to the Virginia Supreme Court to invalidate a law it contends usurps the State Corporation Commission’s sole...
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Climate change divides candidates in key Northern Virginia Congressional...
First-term Congresswoman Barbara Comstock, R-VA, squared off against her Democratic opponent, LuAnn Bennett, in a debate Thursday during which each expressed starkly different views about whether clean...
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BREAKING: Florida utilities file to deny solar advocates’ bid to stop...
Attorneys for Florida’s investor-owned utilities and their Amendment 1 campaign late Thursday filed to deny efforts to invalidate the controversial ballot initiative claiming the move by solar the...
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BREAKING UPDATE: Florida Supreme Court denies solar advocates’ bid to block...
In a move that is certain to heighten the debate over Florida’s solar Amendment 1, the Florida Supreme Court moved swiftly today to preserve its presence on next Tuesday’s ballot. See previous BREAKING...
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Florida’s Amendment 1: Will common sense prevail over utilities’ $25+ million...
As voting ends tonight in Florida on what is widely viewed to be one of, if not, the most deceptive initiatives on any ballot across the U.S., below is a final tally of the media outlets that...
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FAST FIX: Hailing a David over Goliath campaign, solar advocates celebrate...
After it securing only 51% of votes — short of the needed 60% — here are the most on-point reactions by solar advocates who hailed Amendment 1’s defeat as a “true David and Goliath battle.”Tory...
View ArticlePotential for new rooftop solar jobs in 12 Southeast states over the next 10...
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