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The Trump administration and a bipartisan group of governors, including North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein, are pressuring the nation’s largest regional electric grid operator to rein in rising electricity costs.
Published: Wednesday, January 28th, 2026 @ 6:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Trying to turn our oceans into sprawling, on-again/off-again electric stations is becoming even more prohibitively expensive.
Published: Wednesday, March 20th, 2024 @ 1:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Electricity prices in Finland plummeted into negative territory this week after the launch of a new nuclear power plant last month.
Published: Sunday, June 11th, 2023 @ 10:02 am
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolina Democrats and RINOs want to follow same path
Published: Friday, May 26th, 2023 @ 11:05 am
By: John Steed
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massive increase hit almost overnight - same in store for NC with HB951
Published: Saturday, May 6th, 2023 @ 8:24 am
By: John Steed
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President Joe Biden expressed a strong degree of economic confidence even as the Consumer Price Index rose 6.0% between February 2022 and February 2023 and price pressures from household staples continued to worsen.
Published: Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 @ 6:21 pm
By: Daily Wire
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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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Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, who alleged last month that undercover U.S. Navy divers planted remotely triggered explosives on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, burst into laughter after hearing the New York Times claim that a “pro-Ukranian group” carried out the attack.
Published: Thursday, March 16th, 2023 @ 11:18 am
By: Daily Wire
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U.S. intelligence officials suggest an unnamed “pro-Ukranian group” carried out last September’s attack on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in the Baltic Sea, which link natural gas from Russia to Western Europe.
Published: Wednesday, March 15th, 2023 @ 8:38 am
By: Daily Wire
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The Cooper administration’s announcement of a “Memorandum of Understanding” with the nation of Denmark to share “knowledge, data, and best practices” over offshore wind energy development predictably set their media acolytes abuzz.
Published: Sunday, March 12th, 2023 @ 12:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Vice President Kamala Harris claimed on Wednesday that the Biden administration has decreased electricity prices for American families even as data indicate the exact opposite.
Published: Friday, March 3rd, 2023 @ 2:02 am
By: Daily Wire
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For years we have been warning about the dangers of replacing readily available, highly efficient, working power plants with highly expensive, extremely unreliable “renewable” sources — solar and wind — that can produce power only when conditions allow and without respect for the needs of people.
Published: Wednesday, January 11th, 2023 @ 9:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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European manufacturers are taking severe hits as high energy prices continue to grapple with the continent’s economy.
Published: Friday, October 14th, 2022 @ 1:49 pm
By: Daily Wire
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A law passed in 2021 required that the “decarbonization” plan approved by the state Utilities Commission to be reasonable, set forth the least-cost path to compliance, and maintain or improve grid adequacy and reliability
Published: Saturday, October 8th, 2022 @ 1:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On May 16, Duke Energy filed the Carolinas Carbon Plan with the N.C. Utilities Commission. The plan calls for N.C. to become "carbon neutral" by 2050.
Published: Thursday, October 6th, 2022 @ 4:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen spoke Tuesday in the Triangle about the promises of reducing climate change through the Inflation Reduction Act.
Published: Thursday, October 6th, 2022 @ 9:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Asset management company BlackRock contends that the Federal Reserve is not effectively maintaining a balance between reducing inflation and avoiding a downturn amid widespread pressure to control higher prices.
Published: Friday, September 23rd, 2022 @ 12:36 am
By: Daily Wire
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The question isn’t whether a massive buildout of offshore wind capacity off North Carolina beaches would lead to fewer jobs and less economic growth than otherwise, but how extensive the losses would be
Published: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022 @ 9:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Pres. Biden and Gov. Cooper tout government intervention to force offshore wind energy development off North Carolina beaches as a way to create jobs and grow the economy
Published: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022 @ 2:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Inflation continues to ravage household budgets. According to the latest release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Consumer Price Index rose 8.5% over the last year.
Published: Tuesday, August 16th, 2022 @ 8:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gas prices have driven many a voter to the polls in our nation’s history, but Americans are feeling pain at the pump now more than ever as the average national gas price breached $5 for the first time in history.
Published: Wednesday, July 6th, 2022 @ 3:40 am
By: Daily Wire
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Gov. Cooper’s desire for building 8 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind in North Carolina would have severe impacts on our electricity bills
Published: Monday, June 20th, 2022 @ 5:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Biden's climate alarmism has driven up energy costs and will continue to do so
Published: Friday, April 22nd, 2022 @ 6:58 am
By: John Steed
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A lot.
Published: Saturday, July 31st, 2021 @ 9:45 pm
By: LifeZette
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Biden wants to bring this to rest of country; Cooper wants to bring it to NC
Published: Wednesday, July 21st, 2021 @ 10:09 am
By: John Steed
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President Donald J. Trump is protecting American communities from excessive Federal overreach and preserving local decision-making.
Published: Saturday, July 25th, 2020 @ 3:06 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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Here in North Carolina, in this century, per-capita carbon dioxide emissions from energy generation are down over 50 percent. We are witnessing falling emissions even as we are one of the nation's fastest-growth states.
Published: Wednesday, November 13th, 2019 @ 10:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The town of Hillsborough and Orange County have turned the holy grail of environmentalism into official public policy
Published: Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018 @ 12:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new study authored by energy expert Dr. Timothy Considine of the University of Wyoming finds that North Carolina's 12 percent renewable portfolio standard (RPS) will increase electricity prices by 42 percent by 2020, and cost the Tar Heel State up to 50,000 jobs.
Published: Tuesday, November 15th, 2016 @ 7:52 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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In the Tar Heel State, government mandates require that 12.5 percent of electricity must come from wind, solar, and other forms of renewable energy by 2021.
Published: Friday, September 30th, 2016 @ 11:02 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Today, the Civitas Institute released a new study authored by energy expert Dr. Timothy Considine of the University of Wyoming, which finds that North Carolina’s 12 percent renewable portfolio standard (RPS) will increase electricity prices by 42 percent by 2020 and destroy 50,000 jobs by 2020
Published: Monday, September 26th, 2016 @ 4:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory is taking additional action to protect public health and the environment by signing a bill that provides permanent drinking water to residents, requires dam safety repairs, and mandates the recycling of coal ash
Published: Saturday, July 23rd, 2016 @ 10:29 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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