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Clean Line: A TVA Failure of Clean Energy and Environmental Leadership
It has become increasingly clear that the Tennessee Valley Authority is taking a hostile position towards renewable energy. TVA's recent decision to ignore, or flat out reject, renewable energy from the Plains…
Wind Power Transmission Project Would Save Natural Resources
This blog is part of a series reviewing the proposed Plains and Eastern Clean Line project. Other blogs in the series are available here. The Plains and Eastern Clean Line, a newly…
Department of Energy Green Lights Wind Power Transmission Line
The Department of Energy has finalized its review of the Plains and Eastern Clean Line transmission project. The Plains and Eastern Clean Line project will connect substantial quantities of the highest-quality, low-cost…
Is TVA Undervaluing Wind Energy?
Much of the country is currently experiencing a "wind rush" - 23,000 new jobs were created in the wind industry just last year. Wind power's low price is driving utilities to snap…
How Can the Southeast Benefit from Wind Energy in Texas?
This blog entry was written by Allie Brown, former Clean Energy Advocacy Manager at SACE.
If TVA Reinvented its Fire
This blog was written by John D. Wilson, former Deputy Director for Regulatory Policy at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
Department of Energy has a New Vision for Wind Power
In 2008, President George W. Bush's Department of Energy released a groundbreaking report that showed how the United States could reach 20% of total electric generation from wind power by the year…
Wind Power Transmission Project Could Create Tens of Thousands of Jobs
This blog is part of a series reviewing the proposed Plains and Eastern Clean Line project. Other blogs in the series are available here. The Plains and Eastern Clean Line project would connect…
Clearing the Air: Lamar Alexander, You're Wrong About Wind Power
The Plains and Eastern Clean Line project could inject large quantities of high-value, low-cost wind power directly into the Tennessee Valley region from western Oklahoma. Recently Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) spoke on the…