Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
{{Infobox organization
| name = Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
| formation = {{start date and age|1985||}}
| abbreviation = SACE
| formerly = Tennessee Valley Energy Coalition; Tennessee Valley Energy Reform Coalition
| headquarters = Knoxville, Tennessee
| leader_title = Board President
| leader_name = E. Leon Jacobs, Jr.
| leader_title2 = Executive Director
| leader_name2 = Stephen Smith
| board_of_directors = E. Leon Jacobs, Jr.; Patricia San Pedro; Enid Sisskin, PhD; John Noel; Gary A. Davis; Bob Freeman
| website = https://cleanenergy.org/
}}{{short description|American energy advocacy organization}}
{{Notability|Organizations|date=September 2020}}
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The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) is a nonprofit advocacy group that promotes the use of clean energy in the southeastern United States.{{cite web |url=http://www.cleanenergy.org/ |title=Home |website=cleanenergy.org}}
History
SACE was founded in 1985 under the original name Tennessee Valley Energy Coalition (TVEC).{{Cite web|date=2004-05-22|title=SACE - About Us - Mission & History|url=http://www.cleanenergy.org/about/mission.cfm|access-date=2020-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040522040841/http://www.cleanenergy.org/about/mission.cfm|archive-date=2004-05-22}} TVEC championed for rate-payer protections and tracked the environmental and energy policies of the Tennessee Valley Authority.{{Cite web|title=Our Documents - Tennessee Valley Authority Act (1933)|url=https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=65)|access-date=2020-09-18|website=www.ourdocuments.gov}}{{Cite web|title=Our History|url=https://www.tva.com/about-tva/our-history|access-date=2020-09-18|website=TVA.com|language=en}}
In 1992, TVEC's name changed to Tennessee Valley Energy Reform Coalition (TVERC). In 1993, Stephen A. Smith, SACE's current executive director, became the executive director of TVERC after serving on the board.{{Cite web|date=2000-11-14|title=Ulla-Britt Reeves, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy|url=https://grist.org/article/reeves-sace/|access-date=2020-09-18|website=Grist|language=en-US}}
Following completion of TVA's 1995 IRP, TVERC shifted its focus to research on air pollution and efforts to clean up or retire coal-fired power plants. In 1997, TVERC worked with the Tennessee Clean Air Task Force.{{Cite web|title=TVERC - TN Clean Air Task Force Doc 1998|url=https://cleanenergy.org/news-and-resources/tverc-tn-clean-air-task-force-doc-1998/|access-date=2020-09-18|website=SACE {{!}} Southern Alliance for Clean Energy|language=en-US}} In 1998, TVERC engaged with TVA to launch the Green Power Switch program, giving TVA rate-payers the option to support wind, solar, and biogas renewable resources.{{Cite web|date=2011-06-11|title=TVA in the 21st Century » Metro Pulse|url=http://www.metropulse.com/news/2008/nov/19/tva-21st-century/|access-date=2020-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611212802/http://www.metropulse.com/news/2008/nov/19/tva-21st-century/|archive-date=2011-06-11}}{{Cite web|title=Sustainability Report 2020|url=https://www.tva.com/newsroom/articles/video-preview/sustainability-report-2020|access-date=2020-09-18|website=TVA.com|language=en}}
In 1999, TVERC was renamed the Southern Alliance For Clean Energy (SACE) as the organization expanded its focus beyond the TVA service area to encompass clean energy efforts with other utility providers in Florida and South Carolina. In 2001, SACE merged with Georgians For Clean Energy, thereby expanding its influence in the Southeast to also include Georgia.
Since 2001, SACE's programs have expanded to address multiple issues relating to energy and the environment, such as increasing solar power programs and the use of clean, electric transportation, reducing reliance on fossil fuel power stations, and addressing climate change.Southern Alliance for Clean Energy#cite note-7
References
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External links
- [https://cleanenergy.org/ Official website]
Category:Renewable energy organizations based in the United States