Opinion
Energy policy should start with the people who pay the bills
Instead of asking whether electricity bills are high, the Energy Poverty Index asks a more meaningful question: high for whom?
Opinion
Data centers are good, actually
Those that give in to fear and shut the doors to data centers, like others did with nuclear power in the past, are likely to miss out on major economic opportunities.
News
Duke Energy signs pledge to shield ratepayers from data center costs
Stein and Jackson urge regulators to hold Duke to its federal pledge and require enforceable protections for North Carolina ratepayers.
News
Duke settlement lowers rate hike, NC households still face 9.5% increase
Stein and Jackson say Duke’s proposed settlement still asks too much of families as the utility adjusts to North Carolina’s carbon plan.
News
American Eagle to bring distribution hub to Rowan County
One North Carolina Fund grants $150k to bring American Eagle distribution hub to Rowan County.
News
7 counties top NC ‘energy poverty’ list
A new report from the John Locke Foundation, ranks counties for energy poverty, based on the 6.5% limit for enery spending.
News
Duke to reinvest $129M after canceling NC offshore wind lease
The Trump administration and Duke Energy reached a deal ending the Carolina Long Bay offshore wind project and redirecting $129 million to new energy generation.
News
Appeal dropped in environmental groups’ suit against NC, Va pipeline permit
Environmental groups have dropped an appeal in their challenge against a federal permit for a 55-mile natural gas pipeline in Virginia and North Carolina.
News
Court explains decision to reject stay in NC gas pipeline case
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals offered a detailed explanation Thursday for its April decision to reject environmental groups’ attempt to stop work on a natural gas pipeline in North Carolina.
Opinion
Ensure baseload power to secure NC’s energy future
If lawmakers keep the Carbon Plan law with its requirement of “carbon neutrality by the year 2050,” then replacing baseload coal and natural gas power with nuclear would be the only way to keep the grid reliable and relatively affordable.
News
Trial lawyers group opposes DOT in NC Appeals Court easement dispute
North Carolina’s leading trial lawyers group is opposing the North Carolina Department of Transportation in a Mecklenburg County easement dispute at the North Carolina Court of Appeals.
News
Top NC court tackles Currituck taxes, cannabis odor, Duke rates, more
North Carolina’s highest court has sided with Currituck County in an occupancy tax dispute, upheld convictions in two criminal cases involving marijuana odor, affirmed 2023 Duke Energy rate hikes challenged by the state attorney general, censured a Wake County judge, and ruled that a convicted murderer loses his right of direct appeal to the high court once he’s off death row.
