The John Locke Foundation and environmental group NC WARN co-sponsor a Feb. 26, 2014, forum highlighting the potential benefits of increased electricity competition in North Carolina. Featured speakers are: Jon Sanders, JLF director of regulatory studies; Jim Warren, NC WARN chief executive officer; David Schnare, senior fellow for energy and environment at the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy; Shawn LeMond, managing partner of the Sustainable Energy Community Development Company; Satana Deberry, executive director of the N.C. Housing Coalition; and Mark Cooper, senior research fellow for economic analysis at the Vermont Law School Institute for Energy and Environment.
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