TVA's Secret Deals and Lack of Transparency: What Valley Residents Deserve to Know
TVA’s plans for a methane gas plant in Cheatham County reveal a troubling pattern of secrecy, insider deals, and disregard for community input. This blog explores how these actions are eroding public…
A Pipeline Runs Through It
Past a prison and an elementary school, the T15 pipeline will traverse 45 miles of North Carolina countryside that Shelley Robbins wanted to see for herself. The T15 is planned as a…
Key Pollution Limits Pass Crucial First Test
A recent US Supreme Court decision upheld a key environmental protection rule limiting climate pollution from power plants, sending a message to utilities nationwide that they need to actively decarbonize their power…
North Carolina Utilities Commission Adopts Duke's Fossil Plan as its Carbon Plan
Climate takes a backseat as the NCUC adopts Duke's preferred approach of meeting new load growth with a massive fossil gas buildout over decarbonization
We’re Not in Kansas Anymore
With increasingly catastrophic storms like Helene, we need to call the source of this destruction what it is – burning fossil fuels. Yet this message is not being elevated in our region…
The North Carolina Utilities Commission has a hole to fill on North Carolina’s road to decarbonization
Big decisions are coming regarding what resources will fill a looming hole in electricity generation as coal plants are retired and an uncertain amount of new load is added to the grid.
TVA Draft IRP - Exceedingly Broad Planning is Meaningless
TVA's draft does not present a single strategy or plan for TVA to prioritize moving forward. Instead it presents 30 potential paths forward based on 6 scenarios and 5 strategies.
From Lifeline to Land Grab
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) was once a beacon of hope for rural communities, bringing electricity and progress to the region during one of the hardest times in American history. Today, however,…
SACE submits comments on TVA's New Caledonia Gas Plant DEIS
TVA's proposed combustion turbines in Mississippi would be a significant source of carbon and high social costs. Grid-scale battery storage is easily positioned to support grid integration of more renewables.
Duke Energy Leans Into Fossil Gas While the Rest of the Country Moves On
Duke is stuck in the past, and it is asking the Commission to let it commit North Carolina to a rigid, expensive climate-destroying gas future. A clean energy future is here, and…