John Locke Foundation CEO Donald Bryson discusses the factors contributing to Duke Energy’s proposed rate hike. Bryson offered these comments during the July 24, 2026, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “State Lines.”
Duke Energy sends report to utilities commission containing research that supports offshore wind is not cost effective.
To fuel NC’s continued economic growth, the state needs an affordable and sustainable energy mix that includes natural gas.
The lesson here is that North Carolina still needs its coal power plants. Faced with the choice between loss of their power and higher emissions, people would choose the latter, especially during extreme weather. Duke and the DOE wisely made the right choice to keep the power on.
The bill will remove the 2030 interim clean energy targets,reduce consumer electricity cost by a total of $15 billion.
The Energy Security and Affordability Act (SB 261) would remove the Carbon Plan’s interim goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 70% by 2030.
Lawmakers in the North Carolina General Assembly are looking to scrap the state's current carbon reduction plan, which aims to reduce carbon emissions by 70% by 2030, in an effort to save billions of dollars for North Carolinians.
Duke Energy, the North Carolina-based utility giant headquartered in Charlotte, announced multiple collaborations this month aimed at accelerating advanced nuclear technology deployment. The company is teaming up with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in pursuit of a US Department of Energy (DOE) grant to accelerate the exploration of new nuclear technologies; and, according to a...
A new report from the Center for Food, Power, and Life estimates how much and what kinds of energy infrastructure North Carolina would need to instill in order to satisfy emissions reduction targets written in state law. When state lawmakers passed House Bill 951 a little over three years ago, they included timeline targets for...
The NC Energy Policy Council voted to approve its draft 2024 Biennial Report last week, in which it makes official recommendations to the state’s elected leaders, policymakers, and regulators. The report is currently open to public comment until Nov. 11, after which the Council will consider changes and vote for official approval and submission the...
While a large manufacturing facility might need 100 megawatts of electricity — equivalent to about 100,000 homes — a single data center may use 15 times that amount of power.
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