Southern Alliance for Clean Energy

The Ghostbusters warned us, "Don't cross the streams!" But today, I did, and it was awesome! I crossed the kilowatts streaming out of a Tesla Supercharger with the stream of energy in my Chevy Bolt's battery through a #NACS adapter and, wa la! My charging session was a success! Accessing the reliable Supercharger network greatly extends the places my wife and I can take our Bolt. However, we will need to temper charge time expectations because the 50kW rate of charge is a guano-ton slower than the 250kWs our Model Y can suck up! There is also the issue you can see in the third photo; for the Supercharger cord to reach the Bolt, I had to take up two spots. This will become an issue as more non-Teslas show up at busy Superchargers. Meanwhile, to the folks at General Motors, Ford Motor Company is whooping you on customer care. We spent $249 on the NACS adapter plus $185 for the hour the dealership had to spend installing new software; Ford is sending the adapters to their customers as a gift. I ??our Bolt but have some serious Ford envy. Okay, I am over it. Here's to the ever-expanding world of #EVs ??! #electricvehicles #ev #evcharging #climateaction #cleanenergygeneration

Snap your fingers if you've heard this one before: #EVs are maintenance-free. Well, let me call BS on that one because, after 40K miles, I had to replace the tires on my 2022 Model Y! Joking aside, today was the first day in three years that I was reminded of what it feels like to own a gas car. I had to get up early, drive my #EV to the tire store, and sit in uncomfortable waiting room chairs for 45 minutes while it was serviced. Over the 11 years I've owned EVs, and the last five being an all-EV household, they have proven to be extremely convenient vehicles: ??I no longer spend time pumping gas; 85% of my Y and Bolt charging happens while I sleep. ??In the Y, fast charging stops on the highway typically happen every 200 miles for about 10 minutes, which is just enough time to pee right when I have to. ??Besides tires, which lasted a heck of a long time, I don't have to spend any time dealing with regular maintenance for either the Y or Bolt. And after 40K miles the brakes on the Y look like new! Once you kick gas, there is no going back! #electricvehicles #climateaction #cleanenergygeneration

If you're looking for 1?? action to take this month, let it be this: Communities throughout the Southeast are benefitting from clean energy policies that clean our kids' air, lower our power bills, and create good-paying jobs. Yet thanks to the influence of corporate polluters, some members of Congress are still calling for eliminating them. ?? Send an email to your members of Congress today, asking them to protect and expand clean energy programs and incentives: ow.ly/GoOs50VhxGl #CleanEnergyGeneration

The Southeast has long underused energy efficiency programs that would offer significant cost savings for both customers and utilities??The Volunteer State, unfortunately, is no exception. So what do these percentages mean? Energy savings are often measured in megawatt hours and then expressed as a percentage of the amount of energy sold by a utility or within a state. In the Southeast, 1% is often considered a respectable benchmark for energy efficiency performance. To learn how YOUR state stacks up, check out our latest "Energy Efficiency in the Southeast" report: bit.ly/SACEEEReport24LP

A future without clean energy? Good luck! ?? Southeast utilities are planning some of the largest methane gas buildouts in the country, despite the fact that cleaner, safer, and cheaper alternatives exist. #FossilGaslighting

What a great day to share in the culmination of a Home Energy Makeover completed by the The Sustainability Institute at a home in North Charleston, SC. This home is modeled to achieve a 72% energy savings. Items such as new appliances, HVAC, heat pump water heater, insulation, and the icing on the cake of solar helped achieve these savings. Wouldn't it be great to see this throughout South Carolina? That's the dream. 3/19/25 update. For more information check out the blog: https://lnkd.in/e_EsfucA

To keep or kill the #EV tax credits, that's the question. Answer: Keep them all. The EV manufacturing, commercial, and consumer tax credits were designed to complement one another by expanding domestic EV and battery manufacturing, creating American jobs, securing domestic supply chains, and encouraging EV adoption. Nearly?one in five?cars sold globally is now electric. In 2024, a record?1.3 million EVs?were sold in the US, a 7.3% year-over-year increase that outperformed the 2% increase in nationwide sales of gas vehicles. To ensure American workers benefit from this global growth, Congress should preserve existing EV manufacturing, commercial, and consumer tax credits and ensure that automakers build these EVs and batteries in the US. These credits have already unleashed over $215 billion in announced private-sector EV and battery investments and created 238,000 jobs. Consider this study reported on by Stephen Edelstein: Researchers from Princeton University's REPEAT Project recently determined that?without the consumer EV tax credit, "EV sales in the US could decrease 30% by 2027 and nearly 40% by 2030.?Such a slowdown could lead to 100% of planned expansions of US EV assembly plants being canceled and could make 29% to 72% of US battery-manufacturing capacity redundant, according to the study. Factories that are idled—or never built in the first place—mean fewer jobs. And based on the distribution of current EV-related manufacturing projects, red states could be hit the hardest." Congress, particularly Republican senators and representatives from districts with investments and jobs at stake, must understand that eliminating any of the tax credits will weaken domestic EV and battery production and the domestic EV market, thereby delivering the global EV market to Chinese automakers and battery producers, and undercutting American workers and undermining America's supply chain security. Read more in my recent article: https://lnkd.in/epbEfkh9 #electricvehicles #evs #automanufacturing #batteries #cleanenergyjobs #climateaction #cleanenergygeneration

Fossil fuels play dirty. Which dirty energy sin will take home the (dis)honors this year? Let us know your pick in the comments ????

Protecting federal clean energy legislation is more important than ever. This month, we will be helping our members tell their elected Congressional members to protect and expand clean energy programs and incentives. If able, please consider donating to support this urgent work: ow.ly/qYx450URfqP

From a conservative Florida county switching to electric school buses to Tennessee refusing to pump the brakes on its EV charger program, the #CleanEnergyGeneration is making progress every day here in the Southeast. Take a look at just six of the many signs of progress ??