André Béliveau is a visiting fellow at the John Locke Foundation and the policy & outreach manager at the National Taxpayers Union Foundation. He previously served on the Government Affairs Team at Locke and as a policy advisor in the North Carolina Senate.
Opinion
General Assembly saves Cooper from himself on energy policy
On Tuesday, the North Carolina General Assembly overrode Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of SB 678, which, among other things, replaces the phrase “renewable energy” in statute (which only included sources like solar and wind) to a more holistic, “all of the above” phrase of “clean energy.” This change to a “clean energy” definition in law...