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Duke Energy Corporation has filed its update resource plan with the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC).
Published: Monday, November 6th, 2023 @ 6:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina Secretary of Commerce Machelle Baker Sanders announced Wednesday that the state has entered into an international agreement with Denmark to advance its offshore wind energy production.
Published: Sunday, March 19th, 2023 @ 9:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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NC TOWERS Hears Best Practices from UK Offshore Wind Delegation – Encourages Participation in Stakeholder Survey
Published: Wednesday, November 16th, 2022 @ 12:54 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governors Tony Evers (D-WI) and Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) announced plans this week with two other Midwest states to design a scenic route along Lake Michigan for electric vehicles (EVs), which currently make up less than 1% of all vehicles on the road in the U.S.
Published: Thursday, August 18th, 2022 @ 1:12 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The Good Jobs Challenge is funded by the American Rescue Plan to develop the clean energy workforce
Published: Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022 @ 9:09 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Milestone Air Quality Legislation Paved Way for Significant Environmental and Clean Energy Efforts
Published: Sunday, June 26th, 2022 @ 11:47 am
By: Governor's Office
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Physicist Peter Morcombe explains why an increased reliance on small modular nuclear reactors, SMRs, would work better for North Carolina than Gov. Roy Cooper’s clean energy plan.
Published: Thursday, January 13th, 2022 @ 12:20 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order Friday, Jan. 7, that aims to reduce greenhouse gases to net-zero by 2050.
Published: Tuesday, January 11th, 2022 @ 1:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Order establishes new emissions reduction goals and directs the state to identify pathways to achieve carbon neutrality, prioritize environmental justice, and develop clean energy transportation options
Published: Monday, January 10th, 2022 @ 11:18 am
By: Governor's Office
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In a previous research brief, I wrote about how existing nuclear power plants produce “zero emissions while at the same time being the most reliable and lowest-cost source of electricity.”
Published: Saturday, November 27th, 2021 @ 11:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper has signed into law House Bill 951, which will change how power companies, namely, Duke Energy, produce energy and how they can charge customers.
Published: Sunday, November 14th, 2021 @ 7:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Department of Revenue faced a legal setback last month in an ongoing fight over renewable energy tax credits. The state’s top administrative law judge rejected the department’s attempt to deny credits to a renewable energy investor.
Published: Wednesday, November 10th, 2021 @ 1:01 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Duke Energy created a menu of options based on Cooper’s goals.
Published: Sunday, August 8th, 2021 @ 8:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new study released today by the John Locke Foundation spells out just how superior nuclear and natural gas are in achieving carbon emission reduction goals for the state.
Published: Thursday, August 5th, 2021 @ 12:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the governor continues to tout an energy policy insistent on wind and solar, lawmakers leverage growth in natural gas and nuclear to meet future demand and lower emissions in a new energy proposal.
Published: Thursday, July 8th, 2021 @ 2:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper today issued Executive Order No. 218 highlighting North Carolina’s commitment to offshore wind power as the state transitions to a clean energy economy.
Published: Sunday, June 20th, 2021 @ 9:04 am
By: Governor's Office
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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, April 8, 2021Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, April 8, 2021
Published: Tuesday, April 13th, 2021 @ 9:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed.
Published: Monday, December 21st, 2020 @ 10:06 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Dem. Gov. Roy Cooper has seemingly taken every opportunity to promote renewable energy in North Carolina
Published: Thursday, September 3rd, 2020 @ 12:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Roy Cooper made the following statement after Atlantic Coast Pipeline owners announced the project was cancelled
Published: Tuesday, July 7th, 2020 @ 8:10 am
By: Governor's Office
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Energy poverty is a serious issue. Research shows that higher energy prices cost lives.
Published: Friday, May 15th, 2020 @ 8:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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This week Bloomberg Energy issued an attention-grabbing report on a serious waste problem with wind turbines: retired turbine blades are clogging up landfills.
Published: Thursday, March 5th, 2020 @ 4:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State tax credits for solar energy projects made for bad public policy. That doesn’t excuse recent action from the N.C. Revenue Department that denies those credits to solar energy finance companies.
Published: Wednesday, October 23rd, 2019 @ 3:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On May 1, Governor Roy Cooper sent the legislature three non-controversial nominees for the North Carolina Utilities Commission: Senator Floyd McKissick, Kimberly Duffley and Jeff Hughes.
Published: Friday, October 18th, 2019 @ 11:50 am
By: Governor's Office
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Gov. Roy Cooper hadn’t finished his opening remarks at the Climate Change Interagency Council meeting before noisy protesters decried his position on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
Published: Thursday, October 3rd, 2019 @ 10:09 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The dispute between solar energy finance companies and the state’s revenue department has reached court.
Published: Tuesday, October 1st, 2019 @ 9:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Who are the top "stakeholders" when it comes to getting electricity in North Carolina?
Published: Tuesday, October 1st, 2019 @ 3:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Monday, Gov. Cooper declared September 22-27 as Clean Energy Week for North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, October 1st, 2019 @ 2:46 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper’s Climate Change Interagency Council presented four key plans related to clean energy and climate change to the Governor today.
Published: Saturday, September 28th, 2019 @ 8:52 am
By: Governor's Office
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Today Governor Cooper joined DEQ Secretary Michael S. Regan to discuss coastal resiliency and clean energy with coastal mayors and county leaders at the North Carolina Estuarium in Washington, NC.
Published: Wednesday, September 25th, 2019 @ 7:54 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper is committed to policies that help North Carolina combat climate change.
Published: Wednesday, September 25th, 2019 @ 12:08 pm
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolinians are determined, tough people. For generations, our families have weathered brutal hurricanes. But recent history tells us there’s a new normal when it comes to these storms, and if we don’t rise to the challenge, then rising water will get the best of us.
Published: Wednesday, September 11th, 2019 @ 12:28 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper expressed his deep concern about the Environmental Protection Agency’s new Affordable Clean Energy Rule.
Published: Friday, June 21st, 2019 @ 5:36 pm
By: Governor's Office
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