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
NC House passes Ratepayer Protection Act
The NC House voted 69-44 to pass a bill aimed at making data centers cover energy costs while adding new utility and siting rules.
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.
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Energy debate highlights cost, reliability divide
As energy demand surges and pressure on the grid grows, a debate is intensifying over how North Carolina can affordably keep the lights on. This week, Governor Josh Stein spoke at the State Energy Conference at North Carolina State University saying he is “committed to lowering energy costs for families, reducing North Carolina’s dependence on...
Opinion
Cancel ‘carbon neutrality’ for a more powerful energy future
Whether it's attracting new high-energy businesses, like data centers, allowing for a more traditional manufacturing resurgence; or lowering energy costs and uncertainty for families, canceling the misguided allegiance to carbon neutrality is vital to empowering the people of NC, now and in the future.
Opinion
Carrboro’s flimsy climate lawsuit against Duke Energy
Environmental groups have, surprisingly, been opposed to the shift to nuclear energy, citing higher infrastructure costs while downplaying its reduced carbon emissions.
Opinion
Take note: When reliability matters, Big Tech goes nuclear
Whether it be the heating bill, the price of gas, or the energy cost premium priced into every product from hair-ties to housing, families across North Carolina deserve the same haste for real energy solutions as Big Tech.
Opinion
AI in NC? Only if there’s power.
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.
Opinion
Small modular nuclear reactors could be NC’s affordable path to a carbon-free future
These small reactors would be the first sources of nuclear power constructed in NC since the Harris Nuclear Plant opened in 1987. The state’s population has grown by 70% since then.
Opinion
Three questions for conservatives to ask state legislative candidates
As the filing period for state legislative office in North Carolina concluded on Dec. 15, 2023, the stage is now set for a pivotal 2024 election cycle, with all 50 seats in the state Senate and 120 seats in the state House up for contention. A total of 380 candidates, spanning diverse political affiliations — including...
Opinion
Complex, unreliable ‘power markets’ will not minimize future blackouts
North Carolinians deserve clean, reliable power at the lowest cost to ratepayers. Prioritizing reliability and cost while reducing emissions without mandating resources — as the North Carolina legislature did with 2021’s HB 951 — will stabilize our grid at the lowest cost and eventually minimize blackouts like we saw last Christmas Eve. A curious column...
Opinion
‘Twas the Night Before Blackouts
Below is a parody of the famous Christmas poem, “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas,” but redone to describe the 2022 NC blackouts the night before Christmas. For those who need a primer on the events of that night, please see the overview below. If not, you can skip down to the poem itself. Enjoy and...
