Posts Tagged ‘Energy Efficiency’
Sizing up APCo’s plan, through customers’ eyes
Appalachian Power Company customers gathered in Roanoke recently to learn more about their electricity provider’s long-term resource plans and get involved in these critical decisions. Here’s a look at how APCo’s plan stands to impede Virginia from harnessing its full renewable energy potential.
Read MoreFollow the leader: A Tennessee electric co-op moves forward
As one rural electric cooperative in Appalachia expands clean energy and technology, other utilities in the region can learn from its example of leadership. Appalachian Electric Cooperative is launching a community solar program, conducting a feasibility study for fiber optic internet and leading the way forward for rural energy efficiency programs in Tennessee.
Read MoreA Tennessee Homecoming
Appalachian Voices reopens its Tennessee office and is working to bring energy efficiency to the state.
Read MoreReaching for Virginia’s clean power potential
If Virginia takes a pragmatic approach to the Clean Power Plan, it can incentivize energy efficiency programs and drive growth in solar power — two ways to ensure a more secure grid and shrink bills for electric customers. But there are possible pitfalls too. That’s why it’s critical for Virginians to engage throughout the process, pressing state officials to advance a vision of safe, affordable and reliable energy.
Read MoreWeatherizing Tennessee homes gets results
TVA is delivering millions of dollars in grants to communities in East Tennessee to start programs to help families weatherize their homes so they can stay warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer while saving money on their electric bill. People like Dorothy Ware of Knoxville.
Read MoreA Tennessee homecoming for energy savings
Amy Kelly is returning to her roots in the Volunteer State as Tennessee Energy Savings Outreach Coordinator for Appalachian Voices. She’ll be tapping into the natural ingenuity of local residents to help strengthen communities by increasing energy efficiency programs in the region.
Saving Energy, One Utility at a Time
Our Energy Savings for Appalachia team has been campaigning to bring energy efficiency to the High Country of North Carolina, a region that spends nearly three times more of their income on electric bills than the average American. The campaign’s current focus is encouraging Blue Ridge Electric Membership Cooperative to offer an on-bill financing program…
Read MoreCommunity Rallies Around Need for Energy Efficiency in the High Country
Over 1,000 residents support greater energy efficiency investments to grow economy, lower energy costs CONTACT: Rory McIlmoil, Energy Policy Director, [email protected] Sarah Kellogg, North Carolina Field Organizer, [email protected] (828) 262-1500 Blue Ridge Electric fact sheet (PDF) Photos by Amy Adams, Appalachian Voices Boone, N.C. — More than thirty local residents, service organizations and local government…
Read MoreVirginia Utilities Release Generation Plans
Appalachian Power Company and Dominion Power released their electric power generation plans this July. While APC released a comprehensive energy generation plan plotting the next 15 years, Dominion released a short-term plan with different options.
Read MoreVirginians’ electric bills could shrink under Clean Power Plan
A report by Public Citizen’s Climate Program details how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s soon-to-be finalized standards on carbon pollution could lower Virginians’ power bills. The strategy for achieving this benefit is simple: invest in cost-effective energy efficiency programs first.
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