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Gov. Cooper & US Energy Sec. Granholm announced $1.93 billion in tax credits
Gov. Cooper & Sec. Granholm create new jobs in partnership with Siemens Energy under tax credit program.
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Veto overrides scheduled for Tuesday: Here are the bills
During this legislative session alone Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed nineteen bills from the Republican-led state legislature and fourteen have been overridden. On Tuesday, the remaining five are on the calendar.
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Locke’s Andre Beliveau supports bill redefining renewable energy as clean energy
Andre Beliveau, John Locke Foundation strategic projects and government affairs manager, speaks in favor of Senate Bill 678, Promote Clean Energy. Beliveau offered these comments during an April 25, 2023, meeting of the Senate Rules Committee.
Opinion
Preparing for energy security and sustainability
As Russian aggression disrupts stability around the globe, we feel it here at home. Our economy continues to experience the ripple effect of President Biden’s dependence on foreign oil. As gas prices go up, the cost to produce and transport goods also increase. This means we don’t only pay more at the pump; we pay...
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Manufacturers, environmentalists alike cast shade on House energy bill
House Bill 951 would retire coal plants, increase natural gas, and mandate increases in renewable capacity, but high costs and erosion of N.C. Utilities Commission authorities unite stakeholders in opposition. It is a rarity for large, consequential, far-reaching legislative reforms to engender a consensus across a spectrum of stakeholders, but the energy reform of House...
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Who determines energy policy in North Carolina?
Are offshore wind farms a job creating investment that makes North Carolina’s energy portfolio more environmentally friendly? That is debatable, but, more important, who gets to make the call one way or another? Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson doesn’t think it should be the left up to one partisan politician, and so, when Gov. Roy Cooper...
