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Posts Tagged ‘clean energy’

The Problem with Monopoly Utilities

By Kevin Ridder | October 17, 2018 | 3
Transmission lines.

Much of America’s energy system still runs like it did in the early 20th century, but times are changing.

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Tell Virginia’s Governor to Plan for Clean Energy

By Molly Moore | August 10, 2018 | 0

Virginia is drafting a state energy plan, so it’s time to tell Gov. Northam that we should work to replace an outdated, fossil-fuel based economy with a sustainable, clean energy economy

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Blue Ridge Energy: An uncooperative cooperative?

By Rory McIlmoil | July 6, 2018 | 2

As a resident of the North Carolina High Country and a member of Blue Ridge Energy, Appalachian Voices’ Rory McIlmoil believes the co-op can and must do better by its members.

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Duke Energy’s grid modernization pilot still shortchanges ratepayers

By Brian Sewell | June 19, 2018 | 0

Appalachian Voices and our allies are raising concerns related to the process and substance behind Duke Energy’s grid modernization pilot.

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Blocking an Energy Monopoly Move

By The Appalachian Voice | June 7, 2018 | 0

Virginia rejected a Dominion Energy proposal that would have eliminated competition for selling renewable energy to large commercial customers.

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Electric Rate Reform Pits Utilities Against Consumer, Clean Energy Advocates

By Brian Sewell | February 15, 2018 | 0

Electric utilities across the Southeast are proposing a variety of rate reforms that could raise utility bills and deter energy efficiency across the region.

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Clean Energy for Virginia

By The Appalachian Voice | February 15, 2018 | 0

Our Virginia team kicked off 2018 hard at work pushing the state legislature to allow clean, affordable energy to prosper in the commonwealth.

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Virginia inches closer to a carbon market

By Guest Contributor | July 13, 2017 | 0

Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality is developing a rule that could significantly limit carbon emissions from power plants in the commonwealth. Developing a carbon trading program would be a sound option.

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Empower Kentucky Plan Would Create Jobs, Boost Energy Efficiency

By AV's Intern Team | June 15, 2017 | 0

A new plan by Kentuckians For The Commonwealth sets a path for the state to reduce its carbon footprint, increase social justice, create jobs and boost the economy.

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Environmental regulations didn’t cause coal’s decline — and rollbacks won’t save it.

By Elizabeth E. Payne | May 16, 2017 | 0

Despite his repeated promises to do so, President Trump is unlikely to revive the coal industry through federal policy, and CEOs of electric utilities and coal mining companies know it.

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