Customers Remain Without Options in TVA's Fence
Federal regulators missed an opportunity to poke holes in the TVA fence, leaving customers without options for lower cost, cleaner power.
Local utilities claim TVA retaliated for seeking transmission access
With less than a week before a decision at FERC is expected, sworn statements assert TVA retaliated against utility customers that are seeking the ability to pay TVA to use its transmission…
FERC Deadlocked, SEEM Moves Forward
On October 12, 2021, the Southeast Energy Exchange Market (SEEM) proposed in Docket No. ER21-1111 "became effective by operation of law" because of the "absence of Commission action on or before October…
North Carolina's HB 951: Improved but still problematic
New revisions to HB 951 improve on the controversial North Carolina legislation. The intent behind the bill is clear: reduce carbon, move toward performance-based rate regulation, reduce the financial burden to customers…
Clean Electricity Performance Program Proposal and Southeast Utilities
The Clean Electricity Performance Program, or CEPP, which is a key climate provision within the larger Build Back Better Act, made a large step toward becoming law when it passed out of…
TVA is planning to retire coal plants, what's next?
TVA has begun two plus years-long NEPA processes to retire and replace the Cumberland and Kingston coal plants. Here's an update on happenings and opportunities to get involved as of July 2021.
Responses to FERC Deficiency Letter on SEEM
Many Southeast utilities have proposed a construct called the Southeast Energy Exchange Market (SEEM). We've argued before that SEEM is not a market at all, despite the word market appearing in its…
South Carolina Public Service Commission hands Duke back its IRPs
At its business meeting on Thursday, June 17, the South Carolina Public Service Commission had some things to say about Duke Energy's Integrated Resource Plans (IRP). The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy…
Report: Achieving 100% Clean Electricity in the Southeast
SACE analysis demonstrates that achieving 100% clean electricity by 2035 in the Southeast is possible. We have options, and the time to start is now.
FERC gives SEEM utilities opportunity to put the "M" in SEEM
A contingency of large electric utilities across the Southeast has proposed to form the Southeast Energy Exchange Market or SEEM. While the title suggests the creation of a competitive energy market, the…