News & Updates

The 2025 SERC Summer Reliability Assessment offers encouraging news for utility-scale renewable energy developers across the Southeast. With solar capacity increasing sharply and reserve margins holding strong across much of the region, the report confirms that renewables are playing a central...

In July 2022, the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) directed Georgia Power to procure 2,100 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy resources through its Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). One year later, Georgia Power responded with the 2023 Clean and Renewable Energy Subscription...

When it comes to building the energy grid of the future, Kentucky has a golden opportunity - and a clear choice. Will utilities embrace competition to bring the best, lowest-cost solutions to ratepayers, or will they stick to a self-build status...

June 2025 Update Highlights Both Progress and Pressure Points in Building a Fairer, Faster, and More Resilient Grid Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) delivered a clear message during its June 2025 Board of Directors and Committee meetings: the power grid is changing...

If your electricity bill has been bothering you lately, you’re not alone. Across the region, and indeed across the country, residential electric bills have approximately doubled in the past 20 years. This pattern has a lot of causes, but one solution...

Now that more than a week has lapsed since the massive May 25 load shed event in Southeast Louisiana, details have emerged regarding the scale of the generation shortfall, transmission limitations, and the amount of time leading up to the call...

The Southern Renewable Energy Association (SREA) values the opportunity to provide comments regarding the SERTP Sponsors initial request for reforming the Regional Planning Stakeholder Group (RPSG). At its most recent meeting on April 30th, SERTP sponsors requested feedback regarding potential reform...