TVA Stifles Small-Scale Solar in the Tennessee Valley

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TVA Stifles Small-Scale Solar in the Tennessee Valley

By | December 16, 2019

The Tennessee Valley Authority is ending its home solar program, called Green Power Providers, at the start of 2020.

Achieving Clean Energy Goals: A Note From Our Executive Director

By | December 16, 2019

Appalachian Voices’ Executive Director Tom Cormons speaks on overcoming barriers to clean energy in our region.

Advancing Clean Power and Energy Democracy in State Legislatures

By | December 16, 2019

Appalachian Voices and our partners and working to dismantle barriers to Energy Democracy and make clean energy accessible to people across our region.

A policymaker’s guide to fostering community solar development

By | November 6, 2019

Pro-solar policy is crucial to bringing clean, renewable energy to Southwest Virginia and Appalachia as a whole.

North Carolina and Virginia Announce Clean Energy Goals

By | October 11, 2019

The governors of North Carolina and Virginia both announced clean energy goals that include full carbon neutrality in the power generation sector by 2050

Power to the People Pilsner

By | October 11, 2019

Wild Wolf Brewing Company in Nellysford, Va., is brewing our benefit beer to raise awareness of our work to advance an inclusive energy future for Appalachia.

Virginia Gov. Northam announces climate goals for 2050

By | September 17, 2019

CONTACTS: Cat McCue, 434-293-6373, cat@appvoices.org Today, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam signed Executive Order 43, setting a goal for the commonwealth to achieve 100 percent zero-carbon electricity by 2050. Statement from Appalachian Voices Executive Director Tom Cormons: This announcement from the…

Southwest Va. groups join in with world’s largest grassroots solar event

By | September 10, 2019

CONTACTS: Austin Counts, Appalachian Voices, 276-679-1691, austin@appvoices.org Wise County, Va. – The Solar Workgroup of Southwest Virginia joins the nonprofit American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and hundreds of solar installers and grassroots organizations throughout America to showcase thousands of solar-powered…

Customer-owned utilities should be leaders on clean energy. Why do most of them fail to deliver?

By | July 9, 2019

Clean energy expert Ivy Main looks at how a lack of transparency and democracy at many Virginia electric cooperatives is causing them to fall behind on renewable energy. Member-owners at Rappahannock Electric Cooperative are trying to change that.

When “clean” energy isn’t

By | June 13, 2019

Once the planet’s temperature rises 1.5 degrees Celsius due to global warming, “the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse polish off their martinis, look at each other, and say, ‘It’s go time.’”