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REAP Benefits Farmers, Small Businesses and the Climate
Farmers and small businesses are reaping clean energy and cost-saving benefits from the Rural Energy for America Program.
Building future resilience to extreme cold in the wake of North Carolina’s rolling blackouts
PSE Healthy Energy’s report shows that it’s not necessary for Duke Energy to wait for another emergency situation or just build more electricity generation because “targeted investments in weatherization, energy efficient appliances and demand response programs can keep demand lower and more stable in cold temperatures, and prevent another blackout.”
TAGS: demand-side management Duke Energy Energy Efficiency PSE Healthy Energy rolling blackouts weatherization Winter Storm Elliott
Statement on rolling blackouts in areas served by the Tennessee Valley Authority
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 24, 2022 CONTACT: Bri Knisley, Tennessee Campaign Manager, bri@appvoices.org, (937) 725-0645 Molly Moore, Director of Program Communications, molly@appvoices.org, (847) 401-3633 During this weekend’s unusually low temperatures, people whose power is produced by the Tennessee Valley Authority…
Advocates to rally in Richmond to stay in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 5, 2022 CONTACT Jessica Sims, jessica@appvoices.org, 804-356-1228 Richmond, VA — On Wednesday, Dec. 7, advocates for the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative will gather in Henrico County to rally in support of the program. Virginia’s participation in…
Advocates to rally against ongoing attempt to withdraw Virginia from RGGI
On Wednesday, December 7, advocates in Henrico will rally in advance of the meeting of the State Air Pollution Control Board that morning. The citizen board will discuss the regulatory process currently underway to withdraw Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
TAGS: air pollution control board clean energy and community flood preparedness act Energy Efficiency regional greenhouse gas initiative Virginia
Southeast Regional Scorecard release will grade rural electric cooperatives on democratic governance, clean energy policy and more
On Nov. 16, organizations from Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia will release scorecards examining how electric cooperatives in their states measured up across a number of areas.
TAGS: Advancing Equity and Opportunity Collaborative clean energy Energy Alabama energy democracy Energy Efficiency Kentuckians for the Commonwealth Mountain Association National Rural Electric Cooperative Association One Voice Partnership for Southern Equity rural electric cooperatives Southeast Regional Electric Cooperative Scorecards
Carbon plan must account for affordability
The organizations’ testimony focused on how Duke’s proposed fracked gas expansion would unnecessarily increase costs for customers, while cleaner, lower-cost options like solar, battery storage and energy efficiency could completely offset the need to build new fracked gas infrastructure in the near term.
The Tennessee Valley Faces Crossroads Between Methane Gas or Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
The Tennessee Valley Authority’s plan to transition away from coal has generated significant push-back from environmental and community groups because of its reliance on methane gas instead of renewable energy.
TAGS: Coal Energy Efficiency just transition pipelines Renewable Energy Tennessee Valley Authority TVA
Support shown for the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative with a “march backwards”
Rallygoers in Richmond opposed Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s efforts to remove Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
TAGS: Chesapeake Climate Action Network clean energy and community flood preparedness act Energy Efficiency Gov. Glenn Youngkin regional greenhouse gas initiative Virginia Virginia Interfaith Power & Light
