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How Cooper and Stein trashed their promises to electricity consumers in two devastating settlements
The Cooper administration forced those billions in additional costs, and only afterwards did it agree to settlement language that forced the burden of those billions on electricity customers.
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Duke Energy will appeal DEQ order to place coal ash in landfills
Duke Energy intends to challenge a state Department of Environmental Quality order to excavate all its coal ash pits, saying it would impose undue financial harm. Duke, one of the nation’s largest power providers, announced its decision in a news release…
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Whistleblower concerns raised as Cooper won’t let employees talk to ACP investigators
Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration could risk violating a state law protecting whistleblowers if it has threatened retribution against employees who want to cooperate with a legislative probe of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline deal. Cooper has told state employees not to speak with investigators the ACP subcommittee…
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Ethics complaint against House Speaker Moore dismissed
An ethics complaint cloud hanging over House Speaker Tim Moore for nearly a year has been lifted. Kim Strach, executive director of the now defunct Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement, filed notice of the dismissal…
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Who is Doug? Pipeline committee wants to know role of DEQ official
Who is Doug Heyl? Members of a special legislative committee looking into the Atlantic Coast Pipeline would like to know. Heyl is a top communications official in the state Department of Environmental Quality. But what role did Heyl play in the pipeline permitting process? Sen. Paul Newton, R-Cabarrus, flashed…
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Arp: Pipeline operators should refuse to pay for governor’s discretionary fund
State Rep. Dean Arp, R-Union, said Gov. Roy Cooper created a slush fund 10 times larger than actual mitigation costs by preying on vulnerable energy utilities seeking approval of a state permit to build the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The secret $57.8…
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Latest ACP permit goes through with little controversy
Little fanfare surrounded the state Department of Environmental Quality’s most recent decision to issue an air quality permit connected with the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project. The permit, issued Tuesday, Feb. 27, is for the Northampton Compressor Station. It isn’t the last permit necessary for the 600-mile…
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Measure linking pipeline spending, class-size reduction, and elections board heads to governor
The House passed House Bill 90 on Tuesday, Feb. 13, commandeering a controversial $58 million discretionary fund Gov. Roy Cooper created with developers of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and redirecting the money to education. Republicans praised the legislation because it incorporates…