March 2nd, 2018 () Clean Energy, Renewable Energy, SACE Reports, Solar › Bryan Jacob › Comments Off
This is part three in a five-part series about the SACE “Solar in the Southeast” 2017 Annual Report To view other blogs in this series, click here. Identifying Utility Solar Leaders and “SunRisers” A highlight of the Solar in the Southeast 2017 Annual Report was shining a light on utilities, large and small, that are moving [...]
October 13th, 2017 () Clean Energy, Energy Efficiency, Utilities › John D. Wilson › Comments Off
Yesterday we reported on how Duke Energy leads the Southeast in energy efficiency, and Florida Power & Light is providing the worst results in the region. But what about the rest? There are a lot of great stories to tell, but first here’s a reminder of the overview. We report on the recent performance of [...]
October 12th, 2017 () Energy Efficiency, Utilities › John D. Wilson › Comments Off
Duke Energy Carolinas has reached the 1% energy savings benchmark in 2016, a nationally recognized indicator of success in providing customers with energy efficiency programs. Congratulations to all the staff at Duke Energy for that achievement! Since we last reported utility energy efficiency savings in 2014, we have seen some remarkably good as well as [...]
December 16th, 2014 () Clean Energy, Energy Efficiency, Utilities › Natalie Mims › 2 Comments
I have been putting off writing this blog because I have not found a positive angle to the story of Florida’s energy efficiency goals, and I was still hoping that there might be something we could extrapolate. Alas, the Florida Public Service Commission just released its final order on the Florida utilities’ energy efficiency goals for [...]
November 3rd, 2014 () Energy Policy, High Risk Energy › Chris Carnevale › Comments Off
Last Wednesday, 200 or so St. Petersburg and Tampa Bay Area residents raised their pitchforks in protest outside Duke Energy Florida’s headquarters in St. Petersburg. The protest was in response to years of Duke’s blatant disregard for customers’ interests, including gross mismanagement of the Crystal River nuclear plant and canceled Levy County nuclear plant (costing [...]
October 6th, 2014 () Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Solar, Utilities › Natalie Mims › Comments Off
In Florida, land of the sun The utilities pulled a fast one. No efficiency tools Without swimming pools Low Income? You’ll end up with none. With the RIM test used as a shield The utilities make a high yield Cross-subsidy hollers hide utility dollars But their motives can’t be concealed. For solar, they set [...]
July 23rd, 2014 () Energy Efficiency, Utilities › Natalie Mims › 1 Comment
Update: Click here to listen to an in-depth interview with SACE’s Florida Director, Susan Glickman, about how Florida’s giant private utility companies are pushing to cut back on their energy conservation programs this week at the Florida Public Service Commission hearings. Today is day three of the energy efficiency goal-setting proceeding in Florida. If you have [...]
February 11th, 2014 () Coal, Coal Ash, Energy Efficiency, Energy Policy, High Risk Energy, Nuclear, Solar, Utilities › Dr. Stephen A. Smith › 1 Comment
Shorter versions of this oped were originally published in North Carolina in the Charlotte Observer on February 10, 2014 (found here) and in Florida in the Tampa Bay Times on February 11, 2014 (found here). When Duke Energy merged with Progress Energy to form the largest utility company in the United States, our organization wondered [...]
November 7th, 2013 () Energy Efficiency, Utilities › Natalie Mims › Comments Off
Yesterday, the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy released its seventh annual State Energy Efficiency Scorecard. The annual report ranks states on their policy and program efforts, and provides recommendations for ways in which states can improve their energy efficiency performance. As you can see from the national map, the Southeast is still lagging behind, with [...]