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allows Duke to operate coal plants at full capacity to guarantee electricity
Published: Tuesday, June 24th, 2025 @ 9:07 pm
By: John Steed
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With a large load forecast and a need for reliable electricity provision, Dominion Energy also balks at closing traditional power plants
Published: Wednesday, November 29th, 2023 @ 12:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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VinFast, the Vietnamese electric vehicle maker Democrat North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper credited for leading an army of clean-energy companies coming to the state, is being criticized for polluting waterways near its $4 billion EV manufacturing plant in Chatham County.
Published: Saturday, November 4th, 2023 @ 12:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Friday, the Biden administration announced its latest move to weaken U.S. energy independence as the Department of Interior announced that it will propose a plan that will generate “the fewest oil and gas lease sales in history” for offshore drilling over the next five years or so.
Published: Friday, October 20th, 2023 @ 9:40 am
By: Daily Wire
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Germany will shutter the nation’s three remaining nuclear energy plants on Saturday, marking an end to the economic bellwether’s utilization of the power source despite threats to energy security posed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Published: Friday, May 19th, 2023 @ 5:17 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Green agenda strangles country
Published: Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 @ 11:00 am
By: John Steed
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation unveiled its Clean Transportation Plan Wednesday. They say it will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, advance “environmental justice,” and create good-paying jobs tied to clean transportation.
Published: Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 @ 1:20 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Duke Energy hopes that the North Carolina Utilities Commission will approve two proposed renewable energy plans for businesses and consumers.
Published: Monday, February 13th, 2023 @ 6:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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They've already caused Duke to request a large rate hike
Published: Saturday, February 4th, 2023 @ 10:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Cooper and staff from the Governor’s Office met with officials from Duke Energy to ask questions about the causes of power outages over the Christmas holiday, December 24, 25, and 26, and understand utility leaders’ plans to avoid similar outages
Published: Friday, January 6th, 2023 @ 10:07 am
By: Governor's Office
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Reliance on green energy leaves Europe vulnerable to emergency power plans and crippled nuclear reactors
Published: Tuesday, December 20th, 2022 @ 8:39 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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As residents of Great Britain suffer from soaring natural gas and electricity costs, new Prime Minister Liz Truss sounded the call for producing more energy through opening the North Sea for oil drilling and building more nuclear power plants.
Published: Saturday, September 24th, 2022 @ 9:59 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Duke Energy's plans would raise energy costs between $86 and $95 a month per household.
Published: Saturday, July 16th, 2022 @ 3:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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12 miles deep toward the center of the earth
Published: Friday, March 11th, 2022 @ 9:27 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The N.C. Court of Appeals has affirmed state regulators’ ruling against a proposed solar energy plant for North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, January 19th, 2022 @ 9:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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sees the error of wind / solar plus gas
Published: Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021 @ 8:18 am
By: John Steed
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Caves in to Roy Cooper's radical energy plan - Green New Deal
Published: Thursday, October 7th, 2021 @ 6:43 pm
By: John Steed
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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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Rebecca Rainey and Eric Wolff write at Politico about concerns from one of President Biden’s traditional allies.
Published: Saturday, April 10th, 2021 @ 12:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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’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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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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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is seeking public comment on the proposed Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program block grant plan
Published: Sunday, August 4th, 2019 @ 10:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gov. Roy Cooper insisted $57.8 million from energy companies building the Atlantic Coast Pipeline was a voluntary contribution, but said at a news conference he doesn't know whose idea it was originally to seek the money he planned to distribute
Published: Saturday, February 24th, 2018 @ 4:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As more and more rural communities push back against renewable energy developers and the encroachment of solar generating plants on open space, another fight gets far less attention
Published: Wednesday, January 24th, 2018 @ 3:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two leading legislative critics of tax incentives to the renewable energy industry have not taken issue with an unusual new program used by Duke Energy Progress allowing high-consumption electricity customers using traditional energy to claim their plants are powered by renewable sources
Published: Sunday, February 21st, 2016 @ 9:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis talked Obamacare, energy policy, the federal budget, and the Export-Import Bank during a meeting with Americans for Prosperity activists during a luncheon Monday at the Langtree Plantation in Mooresville
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 1:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A lengthy article in Forbes details why the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's unprecedented "Clean Power Plan" (CPP) is not just a destructive and likely illegal regulatory overreach, but also impossible given what the author calls the "weird" physics of electricity.
Published: Friday, August 21st, 2015 @ 7:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's plans for offshore energy exploration are likely to face delays linked to an "oil price war" led by Saudi Arabia. That's the assessment of a New Mexico-based energy expert who once consulted for one of the major oil companies.
Published: Tuesday, May 26th, 2015 @ 6:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Renewable energy lobbyists wailed that the mere appearance of a bill to repeal North Carolina's renewable energy portfolio standards mandate "dramatically disrupts" investment and jobs in renewable energy and "sends shock waves" through the industry.
Published: Monday, April 27th, 2015 @ 7:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory was in our nation's capital today to express his support for environmentally safe and responsible offshore energy exploration before Congress. The governor addressed the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Energy and Mineral Land Resources Subcommittee hearing titled...
Published: Wednesday, April 15th, 2015 @ 6:29 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory will testify before the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Energy and Mineral Land Resources Subcommittee hearing titled "Examining the Future Impacts of President Obama's Offshore Energy Plan" on Wednesday.
Published: Tuesday, April 14th, 2015 @ 11:02 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory was in Concord for Alevo Energy's opening of its new facility today. Alevo Energy, an energy service provider that uses a combination of innovative battery technology and smart data analytics to reduce waste and inefficiencies in the grid delivery system, says it plans to...
Published: Thursday, October 30th, 2014 @ 10:52 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Duke Energy Progress this morning imploded the boilers at the retired H.F. Lee Steam Plant as part of the company's plans to retire and demolish several of its older coal plants across the state.
Published: Monday, June 23rd, 2014 @ 11:28 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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In this edition, we're debuting new Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress Web pages. Also, view our tips on preparing for severe weather; read the latest news about our outdoor lighting strategy and coal ash management plans, and review our 2013 sustainability report.
Published: Friday, June 13th, 2014 @ 2:00 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Does North Carolina need an energy policy? In my view, it depends on what you mean by the phrase. If by "energy policy" you mean a detailed plan of requirements and timetables for producing and distributing electricity and fuel in proportions set by government fiat, then the answer is a resolute...
Published: Wednesday, March 19th, 2014 @ 2:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory signed into law landmark legislation (H.B. 484) today that creates a framework for the establishment of wind energy facilities in North Carolina and signals the governor's continued support for an "all-of-the-above" energy plan.
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 @ 8:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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