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NC House passes Ratepayer Protection Act
The NC House voted 69-44 to pass a bill aimed at making data centers cover energy costs while adding new utility and siting rules.
Opinion
Ensure baseload power to secure NC’s energy future
If lawmakers keep the Carbon Plan law with its requirement of “carbon neutrality by the year 2050,” then replacing baseload coal and natural gas power with nuclear would be the only way to keep the grid reliable and relatively affordable.
Opinion
Broken clocks and corporate tax incentives
As data centers multiply and the debate about their unique demands on power and other resources develops, communities are rightly pausing to ask whether such incentives make sense.
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NextEra-Dominion merger raises questions for NC ratepayers
A $66.8 billion NextEra-Dominion merger would affect nearly 130,000 eastern NC electric customers.
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Bill proposes data center regulations, ratepayer safeguards
House lawmakers propose new data center rules aimed at protecting ratepayers, water supplies, and grid reliability from rising energy costs.
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Top NC court tackles Currituck taxes, cannabis odor, Duke rates, more
North Carolina’s highest court has sided with Currituck County in an occupancy tax dispute, upheld convictions in two criminal cases involving marijuana odor, affirmed 2023 Duke Energy rate hikes challenged by the state attorney general, censured a Wake County judge, and ruled that a convicted murderer loses his right of direct appeal to the high court once he’s off death row.
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Holiday travel pain at the pump still 36 cents below national average
Arrival of Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start of summer, comes with North Carolinians paying $4.17 for a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline and $5.39 for a gallon of diesel. Even at 36 cents better than the national average for traditional transportation energy, it’s an expensive proposition for travel. AAA forecasts travel of at least...
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Court will not block NC, Va pipeline as environmental groups appeal
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals will not block a 55-mile natural gas pipeline project from moving forward in North Carolina and Virginia as environmental groups challenge a federal water permit.
Opinion
Affordable energy fosters economic growth
NC isn’t the only state where some localities are trying to slow or halt the construction of data centers. But the Institute for Energy Research says, “There is no statistically significant correlation between the number of data centers in a state and its current electricity prices.”
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Appeals Court wrestles with NC, Va natural gas pipeline fight
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals must decide whether to block a 55-mile natural gas pipeline project in North Carolina and Virginia while environmental groups challenge a federal water permit issued by the US Army Corps of Engineers.
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Pitt, Orange counties have least affordable energy prices
According to the John Locke Foundation's Energy Poverty Index, Orange and Pitt are the least affordable counties for energy prices in the state.
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Bipartisan bill targets NC data center tax breaks amid AI expansion
Lawmakers push to repeal North Carolina data center tax breaks as Gov. Josh Stein and critics question rising taxpayer costs tied to AI growth.
