Jon Sanders, John Locke Foundation director of regulatory studies, says N.C. electricity customers have no alternative if they want to avoid the higher costs associated with mandated renewable energy sources. Sanders offered these comments during the May 2, 2016, edition of Time Warner Cable News’ “Capital Tonight.”
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