Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
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SACE promotes responsible and equitable energy choices to address climate change and ensure clean, safe, and healthy communities throughout the Southeast.
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Buildings account for about a third of the nation’s annual carbon pollution. Here are 7 stats that show how buildings are continuing to slash their carbon footprints by going all-electric, story via Canary Media Inc. 🔌💡
7 numbers that explain why the future of buildings is all-electric
Key indicators, from the cost of fossil gas to the number of heat pumps sold, signal building decarbonization will march onward in the U.S. despite…
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January 12, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Buildings account for about a third of the nation’s annual carbon pollution. Here are 7 stats that show how buildings are continuing to slash their carbon footprints by going all-electric, story via Canary Media Inc. 🔌💡
School districts with diesel buses spend $2,000 more per year on fuel 🚌 Since 2022, EPA’s Clean School Bus Program has awarded over 8,500 electric school buses to more than 1,000 school districts. Voice your support for expanded funding: bit.ly/SupportCleanSchoolBuses #CleanRide4Kids 🔌💡
January 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
School districts with diesel buses spend $2,000 more per year on fuel 🚌 Since 2022, EPA’s Clean School Bus Program has awarded over 8,500 electric school buses to more than 1,000 school districts. Voice your support for expanded funding: bit.ly/SupportCleanSchoolBuses #CleanRide4Kids 🔌💡
What a great story from the City of Athens! The Athens, Georgia library recently added solar canopies and EV chargers to its parking lot, allowing customers to read while they recharge 🔌💡
Turning the Page: Library Solar & Clean Energy Momentum in Georgia’s Classic City - Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE)
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January 11, 2026 at 1:00 PM
What a great story from the City of Athens! The Athens, Georgia library recently added solar canopies and EV chargers to its parking lot, allowing customers to read while they recharge 🔌💡
BREAKING NEWS: SACE has joined Sierra Club and Southern Environmental Law Center in demanding that the Georgia Public Service Commission reconsider Georgia Power’s plan to build the most expensive gas plants in the nation. Read the full statement ➡️ ow.ly/ep1A50XUfZT 🔌💡
January 9, 2026 at 10:01 PM
BREAKING NEWS: SACE has joined Sierra Club and Southern Environmental Law Center in demanding that the Georgia Public Service Commission reconsider Georgia Power’s plan to build the most expensive gas plants in the nation. Read the full statement ➡️ ow.ly/ep1A50XUfZT 🔌💡
“Though the EV headlines in 2025 may make you think the EV sky is falling, the data shows otherwise.” The EV market is showing signs of durability, buoyed by a growing affordable used EV market, high customer satisfaction, and consistent consumer interest 🔌💡
The Road to Transportation Electrification Was Bumpy in 2025, but There Are Positive Signs Ahead - Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE)
As 2025 winds down, the EV market is showing signs of durability, buoyed by an expanding affordable used EV market, high customer satisfaction, and consistent consumer interest.
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January 9, 2026 at 9:00 PM
“Though the EV headlines in 2025 may make you think the EV sky is falling, the data shows otherwise.” The EV market is showing signs of durability, buoyed by a growing affordable used EV market, high customer satisfaction, and consistent consumer interest 🔌💡
Heat pumps, electric stoves, air sealing, and more. North Carolina households may qualify for thousands in rebates for home energy upgrades that lower their energy bills. Find out if you qualify ⬇️
Big Rebates Available to North Carolina Residents For Home Energy Improvements - Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE)
North Carolina's Home Energy Rebate Programs offer rebates for electrification and efficiency upgrades, helping households save energy and money even after federal tax credits expire in 2026.
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January 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Heat pumps, electric stoves, air sealing, and more. North Carolina households may qualify for thousands in rebates for home energy upgrades that lower their energy bills. Find out if you qualify ⬇️
From conservative counties embracing electric school buses to clean energy providing income for farmers, the #CleanEnergyGeneration is making progress every day here in the rural Southeast. Take a look at just six of the many signs of progress ➡️ ow.ly/OIX950XSA5A 🔌💡
January 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
From conservative counties embracing electric school buses to clean energy providing income for farmers, the #CleanEnergyGeneration is making progress every day here in the rural Southeast. Take a look at just six of the many signs of progress ➡️ ow.ly/OIX950XSA5A 🔌💡
Local gas distribution companies have historically flown below the radar of scrutiny. But in recent years, they have helped drive interstate and intrastate pipeline expansions while reaping significant profits for shareholders ➡️ ow.ly/MUi950XLaZT 🔌💡
January 6, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Local gas distribution companies have historically flown below the radar of scrutiny. But in recent years, they have helped drive interstate and intrastate pipeline expansions while reaping significant profits for shareholders ➡️ ow.ly/MUi950XLaZT 🔌💡
Florida is home to enough solar capacity to power 2.3 million US homes ☀️ For more on the Sunshine State's performance (and which utilities are leading and lagging), check out our "Solar in the Southeast" report: bit.ly/SACESolarReport25 🔌💡
January 6, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Florida is home to enough solar capacity to power 2.3 million US homes ☀️ For more on the Sunshine State's performance (and which utilities are leading and lagging), check out our "Solar in the Southeast" report: bit.ly/SACESolarReport25 🔌💡
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This is how clean energy can support both climate and economic policy. Exciting news! 💪
#climatepolicy #windenergy #cleanenergy #cities #sustainability
#climatepolicy #windenergy #cleanenergy #cities #sustainability
Wind for the win! Timbermill Wind, a 45-turbine wind farm, is now the largest taxpayer in North Carolina’s rural Chowan County — generating $1.5 million in tax revenue a year, story via WTKR News 3 🔌💡
Timbermill Wind becomes Chowan County's largest taxpayer
Timbermill Wind is now the largest taxpayer in the county. The 45-wind turbine project symbolizes that it's not just an energy source but an investment in the area's future.
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December 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This is how clean energy can support both climate and economic policy. Exciting news! 💪
#climatepolicy #windenergy #cleanenergy #cities #sustainability
#climatepolicy #windenergy #cleanenergy #cities #sustainability
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This is great to see! EV charging infrastructure is one of the most important policies for supporting electric vehicles.
Great work Durham! 🔌
#climatepolicy #Durham #cities #cleanenergy #EV #sustainability
Great work Durham! 🔌
#climatepolicy #Durham #cities #cleanenergy #EV #sustainability
Forward progress in Durham! The city has installed its first public EV charger downtown, offering convenient access to nearby retail, dining, and parking facilities ➡️ ow.ly/ayZY50XByHT 🔌💡
January 2, 2026 at 10:54 PM
This is great to see! EV charging infrastructure is one of the most important policies for supporting electric vehicles.
Great work Durham! 🔌
#climatepolicy #Durham #cities #cleanenergy #EV #sustainability
Great work Durham! 🔌
#climatepolicy #Durham #cities #cleanenergy #EV #sustainability
Electric school buses emit no pollution 🚌 Since 2022, EPA’s Clean School Bus Program has awarded over 8,500 electric school buses to more than 1,000 school districts. Voice your support for expanded funding: bit.ly/SupportCleanSchoolBuses #CleanRide4Kids 🔌💡
January 5, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Electric school buses emit no pollution 🚌 Since 2022, EPA’s Clean School Bus Program has awarded over 8,500 electric school buses to more than 1,000 school districts. Voice your support for expanded funding: bit.ly/SupportCleanSchoolBuses #CleanRide4Kids 🔌💡
Heat pumps, electric stoves, air sealing, and more. Georgia households may qualify for thousands in rebates for home energy upgrades that lower their energy bills. Find out if you qualify ➡️ ow.ly/ebIa50XMFVR 🔌💡
January 4, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Heat pumps, electric stoves, air sealing, and more. Georgia households may qualify for thousands in rebates for home energy upgrades that lower their energy bills. Find out if you qualify ➡️ ow.ly/ebIa50XMFVR 🔌💡
Jeremy Hsu of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists discusses how Silicon Valley’s massive AI investments risk forming a bubble — overstating current AI value and straining the economy with energy-hungry infrastructure and societal costs if it collapses ➡️ ow.ly/HIgu50XLa85 🔌💡
January 3, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Jeremy Hsu of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists discusses how Silicon Valley’s massive AI investments risk forming a bubble — overstating current AI value and straining the economy with energy-hungry infrastructure and societal costs if it collapses ➡️ ow.ly/HIgu50XLa85 🔌💡
As we face the possibility that politicians may bring about the end of the EPA as we know it, it’s worth remembering why the agency was founded, the crises that made it necessary, and why it has endured for so long ➡️ ow.ly/5aYQ50XMFHV 🔌💡
January 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM
As we face the possibility that politicians may bring about the end of the EPA as we know it, it’s worth remembering why the agency was founded, the crises that made it necessary, and why it has endured for so long ➡️ ow.ly/5aYQ50XMFHV 🔌💡
✅ IN with clean energy
❌ OUT with fossil fuels
❌ OUT with fossil fuels
January 1, 2026 at 3:01 PM
✅ IN with clean energy
❌ OUT with fossil fuels
❌ OUT with fossil fuels
Am I right? 🔌💡
December 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Am I right? 🔌💡
Between July 2024 and June 2025, the Southeast continued to add DCFC and Level 2 chargers, with Georgia leading the charge ⚡ To see how your state performed, check out our “Transportation Electrification in the Southeast” report: bit.ly/SACEETReport25 🔌💡
December 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Between July 2024 and June 2025, the Southeast continued to add DCFC and Level 2 chargers, with Georgia leading the charge ⚡ To see how your state performed, check out our “Transportation Electrification in the Southeast” report: bit.ly/SACEETReport25 🔌💡
ACTION ALERT 🚨🚌 Since 2022, EPA’s Clean School Bus Program has awarded over 8,500 electric school buses to more than 1,000 school districts. Voice your support for expanded funding: bit.ly/SupportCleanSchoolBuses #CleanRide4Kids 🔌💡
December 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
ACTION ALERT 🚨🚌 Since 2022, EPA’s Clean School Bus Program has awarded over 8,500 electric school buses to more than 1,000 school districts. Voice your support for expanded funding: bit.ly/SupportCleanSchoolBuses #CleanRide4Kids 🔌💡
A new loan program helps homeowners in North and South Carolina make home upgrades that lower their energy bills, from installing solar to improving insulation ➡️ ow.ly/FJJT50XMFs7 🔌💡
December 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A new loan program helps homeowners in North and South Carolina make home upgrades that lower their energy bills, from installing solar to improving insulation ➡️ ow.ly/FJJT50XMFs7 🔌💡
"This isn’t as much a resilience plan as a fossil fuel cosplay." TVA’s Resilience 360° program claims to boost reliability, but instead expands unregulated fossil gas generation while blocking community access to clean energy 🔌💡
TVA’s New Resilience 360° - Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE)
TVA’s new Resilience 360° program promotes methane gas turbines over clean, distributed energy, risking higher pollution and weaker grid resilience. Learn how fossil-heavy policies leave Tennessee Valley residents behind and what real solutions look like.
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December 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"This isn’t as much a resilience plan as a fossil fuel cosplay." TVA’s Resilience 360° program claims to boost reliability, but instead expands unregulated fossil gas generation while blocking community access to clean energy 🔌💡
“Hinder as they may, the oil industry and their paid-for politicians can’t halt the shift to EVs.” The current administration is determined to obstruct EV progress, but consumer demand for affordable, better & more convenient vehicles may get in the way ➡️ ow.ly/7Inr50XL9Zb 🔌💡
December 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“Hinder as they may, the oil industry and their paid-for politicians can’t halt the shift to EVs.” The current administration is determined to obstruct EV progress, but consumer demand for affordable, better & more convenient vehicles may get in the way ➡️ ow.ly/7Inr50XL9Zb 🔌💡
“Solar has really opened a door that the sheep industry hasn’t had for 50-plus years.” NC State University has opened one of the Southeast’s first training facilities for agrivoltaics, story via Canary Media Inc. 🔌💡
North Carolina training site pairs sheep grazing with solar
A state university just opened a unique agrivoltaics demo site where sheep farmers and solar developers will learn what it takes to share land.
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December 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“Solar has really opened a door that the sheep industry hasn’t had for 50-plus years.” NC State University has opened one of the Southeast’s first training facilities for agrivoltaics, story via Canary Media Inc. 🔌💡
Sunny news from Florida! Florida utility OUC has launched one of the largest floating solar arrays in the United States and the largest in the Sunshine State 🔌💡
OUC Opened One of Largest Floating Solar Arrays in U.S.
OUC launched one of the largest floating solar arrays in the United States, and the largest in Florida.
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December 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Sunny news from Florida! Florida utility OUC has launched one of the largest floating solar arrays in the United States and the largest in the Sunshine State 🔌💡
Powering Georgia's future! Funding for STEM education will equip students in Georgia’s Cherokee County School District for futures in the state’s growing clean energy economy 🔌💡
Sol Systems, Gas South and Cobb EMC Invest in STEM Education for Georgia’s Cherokee County School District
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Partnership will help schools equip students with the skills to thrive in Georgia’s growing clean-energy economy. Washington, D.C.
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December 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Powering Georgia's future! Funding for STEM education will equip students in Georgia’s Cherokee County School District for futures in the state’s growing clean energy economy 🔌💡