Attorney General Roy Cooper: Siding With Washington, D.C. And Punishing North Carolina Families With Higher Utility Bills | Eastern North Carolina Now

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"Roy Cooper is not doing his job as attorney general and hard-working North Carolinians are paying the price. By siding with Washington, D.C. and not fighting the federal government's crushing regulations, Roy Cooper is punishing everyone from teachers to nurses to seniors on fixed incomes by increasing their utility bills by more than $400 a year."
— Russell Peck, campaign manager

EPA Regulations Would Kill Jobs, Increase Utility Bills


In August 2015, EPA Released Overreaching Regulations Of Power Plants Across The Country (Amy Harder and Rebecca Smith, "Obama's new climate-change regulations to alter, challenge industry," The Wall Street Journal, 8/2/2016)

EPA Rules Would Increase A North Carolina Family's Average Utility Bill By Over $400 ("Energy market impacts of recent federal regulations on the electric power sector, Energy Ventures Analysis, 11/2014)

EPA Rules Put More Than 30,000 North Carolina Jobs, Savings At Stake

  • "... the state's economy will lose 32,120 jobs by 2030" (Brian Balfour, "EPA Rules to Cost NC Tens of Thousands of Jobs, Drive Up Electricity Costs," Civitas Institute, 1/28/2015)
  • "total real disposable income would fall by $3.5 billion" (Brian Balfour, "EPA Rules to Cost NC Tens of Thousands of Jobs, Drive Up Electricity Costs," Civitas Institute, 1/28/2015)
  • "Moreover, annual investment in the state would decline by $448 million by 2030." (Brian Balfour, "EPA Rules to Cost NC Tens of Thousands of Jobs, Drive Up Electricity Costs," Civitas Institute, 1/28/2015)

Onerous EPA Regulations Are Shocking Cost With Little Benefit: New EPA rules would do little to improve North Carolina's air quality (Brian Balfour, "EPA Rules to Cost NC Tens of Thousands of Jobs, Drive Up Electricity Costs," Civitas Institute, 1/28/2015)

EPA Power Regulations Could Shrink American Economy by $2.6 Trillion

  • "EPA regulations on carbon would eliminate an average of $155 billion a year in gross domestic product through 2030" (Kevin Dayaratna, Ph.D and David Kreutzer, Ph.d, "The Obama Administration's Climate Agenda: Underestimated Costs and Exaggerated Benefits, Chart 2, The Heritage Foundation, 11/13/14)

Roy Cooper Sides With Washington, D.C. Over North Carolina


Roy Cooper Has Opposed Taking Legal Action Against The Federal Government To Block Harmful Power Regulations, Forcing Governor McCrory's Administration To Take Legal Action To Protect North Carolina

  • "McCrory's Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is bringing the lawsuit, rather than the state's Attorney General, who normally represents the state. NC Attorney General Roy Cooper has declined to support the challenge to the [EPA rules]." (Blog: "NC takes EPA to court," NC League of Conservation Voters, 11/2/2015)

The Attorney General Is Responsible For Defending The State of North Carolina In Court (NCDOJ.gov, Accessed 1/28/2016)

Instead of Suing, Roy Cooper Wants To Force NC To Comply With Harmful EPA Regulations (Mark Barrett, "Roy Cooper: NC should develop air plan instead of suing," Asheville Citizen-Times, 8/12/2015)

Roy Cooper Failed To Join A Bipartisan Group of 16 Attorneys General Who Wrote To EPA Opposing New Power Regulations

  • "Attorney General Roy Cooper has warned leaders in the General Assembly that resisting new federal clean-air regulations poses legal and environmental concerns" (Craig Jarvis, "Cooper warns against opposing new EPA carbon rules," The News & Observer, 8/11/2015)

In August, Governor McCrory Joined 28 Other States To Sue The Obama Administration To Block The Harmful EPA Regulations (Ben Bradford, "McCrory Will Sue EPA Over Carbon Rule," WFAE, 8/4/2015)

When It Comes To Imposing Harmful EPA Regulations, Roy Cooper Is More Extreme Than Former Senator Kay Hagan, Who Urged The Obama Administration To Delay Implementation (John Frank, "Morning Memo: Kay Hagan adds name to push to delay EPA rules," Raleigh News & Observer, 5/28/2014)

Attorney General Cooper Has Cost North Carolina Taxpayers $7 Million For Not Doing His Job

  • Since 2011 through October 2015, lawmakers have been forced to spend $7 million in legal fees defending North Carolina where Roy Cooper chooses not too (Tyler Dukes, "As attorney general, GOP clash, spending on private lawyers skyrocketing," WRAL-TV, 1/25/2016)

While Roy Cooper Continues To Ignore His Responsibilities, Governor McCrory Joined With 28 Other States Asking Supreme Court To Put EPA Regulations On Hold (David Boraks, "NC Asks Supreme Court to Delay US Clean Power Rules," WFAE, 1/28/2016)


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