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Alabama Electric Cooperatives Rank Last in New Regional Scorecard

Blog, Concerned Citizen, Education, News + Media, Policy and Advocacy / By / January 24, 2023

If you haven’t heard, Energy Alabama has released an updated scorecard evaluating the performance of Alabama’s rural electric cooperatives in areas such as democratic governance, member services, and access to clean energy, to name a few. Energy Alabama represents one of seven southeastern states that are a part of Energy Democracy Y’all, an ongoing collaboration …

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New Survey Results: Alabama Voters Want Energy Freedom in a BIG Way

Blog, News + Media, Policy and Advocacy / By / November 3, 2021

In Alabama, we are all about freedom and market choices, and that’s as true of our energy use as anything else. Alabama Wants Renewable Energy Choices Recent results from a survey of 600 likely Alabama voters show that Alabamians want freedom of choice, a competitive marketplace, and the right and opportunity to choose where their …

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Energy Alabama Provides Comments for Public Service Commission on EV Charging Stations

Leave a Comment / Blog, Concerned Citizen, News + Media, Policy and Advocacy, Public Comments / By / March 26, 2018

Energy Alabama, along with the Southern Environmental Law Center and Gasp, provided comments to the Alabama Public Service Commission regarding its Proceeding to Determine the Commission’s Jurisdiction Over Electric Vehicle Charging Stations. Our comments included two important points for the Commission to consider: An entity owning and/or operating an Electric vehicle charging station (EVCS) should …

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Greener State Only Leaves You With Less Green. Here’s Why.

Leave a Comment / Blog, Concerned Citizen, Consumer, Education / By / October 17, 2017

Greener State is a new program from Alabama Power that claims to give utility customers the chance to cover up to 100 percent of their energy usage with renewable sources. Which sounds great in theory because, after all, who doesn’t like renewable energy? In practice, though, Greener State isn’t everything it’s cracked up to be. …

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Energy Alabama Signs On to Comments for Department of Energy’s Grid Reliability Study

Leave a Comment / Concerned Citizen, News + Media, Policy and Advocacy, Public Comments / By / June 12, 2017

Energy Alabama, along with many southeastern groups supportive of sustainable energy, signed on to comments prepared by The Southern Environmental Law Center in regards to the Department of Energy’s Grid Reliability Study. A 60-day inquiry is currently being undertaken by the Department of Energy concerning the reliability of our nation’s electricity grid. We decided to sign …

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The Duck Curve: What is it and what does it mean?

1 Comment / Blog, Concerned Citizen, Policy and Advocacy / By / May 29, 2017

So let’s talk about the duck curve and what it means in the world of renewable energy. But what is the “duck curve?” Does it involve our adorable little animal friends who quack the day away? Well, kinda, but not really. Put simply, the duck curve is the graphic representation of higher levels of wind and …

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Alabama makes it harder than any other state for companies to use clean energy, report says

Leave a Comment / Concerned Citizen, News + Media, Policy and Advocacy / By / February 13, 2017

Alabama finished dead last in an index of all 50 states that examined how easily companies could use clean energy like solar and wind power to meet their electricity needs. The report, titled the Corporate Clean Energy Procurement Index, was released in January by the Retail Industry Leaders Association, a trade group representing large-scale retailers like Target, Walmart, Best …

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Energy Alabama and GASP Weigh In on Clean Energy Incentive Program

Leave a Comment / Concerned Citizen, Policy and Advocacy, Public Comments / By / November 4, 2016

Energy Alabama and GASP submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to encourage changes to the Clean Energy Incentive Program (CEIP), part of the Clean Power Plan. Specifically Energy Alabama and GASP requested EPA more equitably define what constitutes a low income community, to use existing measurement and verification methods at use in the market, and …

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Why the Renewable Energy Market Could Be Set to Explode

Leave a Comment / Blog, Business, Consumer, Education / By / July 11, 2016

The market for small-scale renewable energy production might be set to take off, and that could be big news for local utility companies here in Alabama and all across America. And it all stems from a single federal ruling issued in June following a dispute between energy cooperatives in Colorado. To see the big picture here, we’ll need some background. To begin with, …

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