Energy and Environment

Issue Brief

Poultry and Waterways: Addressing Waste and Environmental Pressures on the Industry

In December 2025, a U.S. district judge ruled that several poultry companies in Oklahoma near the...
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Issue Brief

Advanced Transmission Technologies: Options to Increase Grid Capacity and Baseloads

Issue Brief by Senior Policy Analyst, Tom Opdyke | topdyke@csg.org As America’s electricity demands increase, more power...
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Issue Brief

Data Centers in the South: Looking Under the Hood at Resource Usage

Issue Brief by Senior Policy Analyst, Tom Opdyke | topdyke@csg.org Data centers are the physical infrastructure that...
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Issues to Watch

2026 Issues to Watch

State legislatures across the South are gearing up for the 2026 legislative session, developing and drafting...
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Issue Brief

Electric Utility Rates: What Goes Into How Much Consumers Pay and What States Can Consider to Manage Costs

Issue Brief by Senior Policy Analyst, Tom Opdyke | topdyke@csg.org Electricity prices for consumers increased across the...
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Regional Resource

Carbon Capture in the South: What It Is and What Southern States Are Doing

Regional Resource by Senior Policy Analyst, Tom Opdyke |topdyke@csg.org From Houston’s harbor to the banks of...
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Issue Alert

Utility-Scale Solar in the South

Solar energy is the fastest-growing source of power generation in the country. Though it represented less...
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Policy Analysis

Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Development In the South

Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) are nuclear energy reactors that have a smaller output and, by their...
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Issues to Watch

2025 Issues to Watch

As the 2025 legislative cycle approaches, legislators across the South prepare and pre-file legislation to address...
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