The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) is a nonprofit organization that promotes responsible and equitable energy choices to ensure clean, safe, and healthy communities throughout the Southeast.

Oct 4, 2021 · A new report by Energy Innovation finds that there is a growing consensus among expert researchers that achieving 80% clean electricity by 2030 would be feasible, affordable, reliable, and deeply beneficial to the economy and public health.. The analysis examines 11 recent reports by universities, think tanks, nonprofits, and energy consultancies that study high penetrations of clean energy on ...

Jun 14, 2021 · A new SACE report, “Achieving 100% Clean Electricity in the Southeast: Enacting a Federal Clean Electricity Standard,” shows not only that is it possible for the four largest utilities in the Southeast to achieve 100% clean electricity, but there are several pathways to get there. A variety of different energy technologies and programs can be deployed to reach this goal.

On September 27, 2021, SACE hosted guest presenter Dan Esposito from Energy Innovation to discuss their new report that synthesizes 11 recent studies on achieving high levels of clean power on the grid and provides context on how this could be achieved through Congress’ proposed Clean Electricity Performance Program.. The report finds that the studies from researchers at prominent ...

Mar 27, 2023 · Energy efficiency is a low-cost, clean energy resource that reduces energy waste and carbon emissions while lowering customer bills. But too many utilities, including some of the Southeast’s largest, fail to serve…

Jan 13, 2025 · Energy efficiency is a proven low-cost, clean energy resource that reduces energy waste and carbon emissions while lowering customer bills. However, Southeastern utilities and regulators continue to underinvest and deprioritize it. As a result, the region lags behind the rest of the country in ...

Jul 15, 2021 · The research, conducted by the Clean Energy Futures project–a team with researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology; Syracuse University; Harvard T.H. Chan Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment; and Resources for the Future–finds that an 80% clean electricity standard (CES) by 2030 would prevent hundreds of thousands of premature deaths and deliver well over a ...

Aug 8, 2024 · During the first several months of 2022, hundreds of SACE members joined thousands of clean energy advocates who spoke up and urged their elected leaders in Congress to pass the largest climate and clean energy law in U.S. history – the Inflation Reduction Act.

Apr 7, 2023 · Bob Keefe is the Executive Director of E2 and author of “Climatenomics: Washington, Wall Street and the Economic Battle to Save Our Planet.” This op-ed was first published by the Hill on March 21, 2023, and is reposted here with permission from the author.. Six months really isn’t a lot of time.

Mar 27, 2023 · Each year the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy compiles efficiency performance data from nearly 500 electric utilities in the Southeast. The data and analysis for 2021 are presented here in our fifth annual “Energy Efficiency in the Southeast” report.