By Chris Wack
Southern Co. entered into a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. General Services Administration to develop carbon pollution-free electricity options for federal facilities in Southern’s service territories.
The memo documents the intent of GSA and Southern to collaborate on development of a plan that, when executed, will lead to federal agencies in that region buying more carbon pollution-free electricity and achieving reliability and resiliency objectives.
The U.S. government plans to tackle the climate crisis through its Federal Sustainability Plan, which establishes an ambitious path to achieve 100% carbon pollution-free electricity for federal government operations by 2030, including 50% on a 24/7 basis, along with aggressive goals for electric vehicles and net-zero emissions buildings.
Southern has a goal to reach a 50% reduction in emissions by 2030, from 2007 emissions levels, and reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Currently, the U.S. Army is the largest federal customer served by Southern.
The GSA said it will continue to engage with Southern and other utilities to explore the advancement of potential carbon pollution-free electricity solutions including solar, battery storage, nuclear power, on-site generation and new sustainable technologies like clean hydrogen.
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