The push for electric vehicles in North Carolina and across the country may be the step that broke the “power grid’s back,” according to a new report.
Duke Energy hopes that the North Carolina Utilities Commission will approve two proposed optional renewable energy plans for businesses and consumers.
Officials from renewable energy entities held a meeting recently to discuss the rolling blackouts that left thousands in North and South Carolina without power over the Christmas holidays. The renewables proponents said solar performed "as expected." "While solar performed as expected, that 'as expected' meant there was no solar production at all during peak demand that morning," said Jon Sanders, of the Center for Food, Power, and Life.
Duke Energy executives repeatedly apologized and owned up to the situation that caused thousands in North and South Carolina to be without power during a bitter cold snap leading up to the Christmas holiday weekend during a hearing Tuesday before the North Carolina Utilities Commission.
The governor's concerns about rotating power outages remind this observer of a famous fictional movie character.
Over Christmas weekend, instead of the iconic “white Christmas” most long for, many North Carolinians experienced something very different — a “black Christmas” of rolling (i.e. on purpose) blackouts across the state. Duke Energy, which provides power to most our homes and businesses, decided to cut electricity to half a million ratepayers in order to...
Environmental activists gathered in downtown Raleigh last week to oppose a proposal from Duke Energy that aims to cut carbon emissions in North Carolina, claiming it doesn’t go far enough. The plan in the crosshairs, called the Carolinas Carbon Plan, is being considered as a proposal from Duke Energy by the N.C. Utilities Commission. The...
In late August, the government of California gave its residents two additional, and interrelated, reasons to consider moving elsewhere. First, the state’s Air Resources Board announced plans to phase out all sales of gas-powered vehicles in California by 2035. A few days later, state officials instructed Californians not to lower their thermostats below 78 degrees...
For North Carolina to meet our climate goals, we must embrace nuclear energy.
Gov. Roy Cooper and the Biden administration want to make North Carolina carbon neutral by 2050, and President Biden’s ambitious plans to combat climate change lean heavily on offshore wind generation. The turbines could be a problem for fishermen. North Carolina’s fishing industry has largely been cautious in criticizing the wind turbines, saying it wants...
Gov. Roy Cooper has signed into law House Bill 951, which will change how power companies, namely, Duke Energy, produce energy and how they can charge customers. The bill, known as “Energy Solutions for North Carolina,” was introduced in June and has gotten bipartisan support. “I am grateful for the hard work that was done...
