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Today Governor Josh Stein signed Executive Order 23, establishing the North Carolina Energy Policy Task Force to strengthen the state’s electricity infrastructure and energy affordability as demand increases.
Published: Thursday, August 28th, 2025 @ 7:26 am
By: Governor's Office
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N.C. AG's office received 270 complaints against Pink Energy, formerly known as Power Home Solar.
Published: Sunday, October 16th, 2022 @ 3:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced that Peter Holderness Ledford will serve as North Carolina Clean Energy Director.
Published: Thursday, July 28th, 2022 @ 11:47 am
By: Governor's Office
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper toured the International Civil Rights Center & Museum and joined the ribbon cutting for the new Harold L. Martin Sr. Engineering Research and Innovation Complex at NC Agricultural & Technical State University.
Published: Thursday, February 17th, 2022 @ 11:41 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Over the weekend, President Donald Trump signed legislation extending the PPP [Paycheck Protection Program] deadline for small business owners.
Published: Thursday, July 9th, 2020 @ 7:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced 49 appointments to various state boards and commissions for North Carolina
Published: Sunday, November 4th, 2018 @ 1:50 am
By: Governor's Office
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Critics say N.C. State University's Clean Energy Technology Center is little more than a promotional ally of the solar industry, and the state should pull the plug on its funding
Published: Saturday, August 19th, 2017 @ 3:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Recently enacted North Carolina renewable energy regulations to control costs and help green energy flourish will be a model other states embrace. Or don't
Published: Friday, August 18th, 2017 @ 5:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ron Heiniger just wanted to be a farmer. He encouraged research to avoid solar industry encroachment on North Carolina's prime farmlands
Published: Wednesday, July 26th, 2017 @ 10:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Consumers are paying a lot more than they realize to prop up the renewable energy industry in North Carolina, even though a section of their bills supposedly lists the cost
Published: Wednesday, April 19th, 2017 @ 1:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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WRAL's Laura Leslie wrote about an Energy Forum held at the Legislature yesterday organized by opponents of renewable energy programs. (Translation from WRAL speak: opponents to taxpayer-funded renewable energy programs.) The central theme of Leslie's article seems to be the famous "Koch Brothers."
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2015 @ 2:40 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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State Rep. Chris Millis, R-Pender, warns North Carolina "may be on the way to [becoming] the next Superfund site" because it lacks a closure plan for hundreds of millions of tons of solar farm materials containing hazardous substances when the solar facilities wear out.
Published: Tuesday, August 11th, 2015 @ 10:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's astounding. The Central Committee of the North Carolina GOP actually struggled with the idea of whether or not to hire someone as chief fundraiser who is IN BED with a whole lot of leftists and leftist groups.
Published: Friday, August 7th, 2015 @ 12:04 am
By: Brant Clifton
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A study just released in Nature Geoscience comes to the following conclusion, as stated in the article's abstract...
Published: Wednesday, August 5th, 2015 @ 9:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Internet giant Google collected $262 million in incentives when it located a data center in North Carolina, and now is urging the General Assembly to continue offering hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidies to renewable energy investors.
Published: Wednesday, July 1st, 2015 @ 3:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two of three drivers of higher electricity costs in North Carolina are renewable energy investments by utilities and the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standards (REPS) mandate, according to a new report released by the North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association (NCSEA).
Published: Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015 @ 11:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In two previous articles, we examined how Republican political consultants in North Carolina have pushed the agenda of Big Solar - the solar power companies and their millionaire owners - in order to protect renewable power source mandates, thus driving up electricity bills and hampering the...
Published: Saturday, May 23rd, 2015 @ 3:11 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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In part one of this series we reported on right-of-center political consultants who have created an innovative business model advising a growing number of Republican legislators to turn their backs on conservative, free-market principles to take up the cause of more government mandates...
Published: Tuesday, April 28th, 2015 @ 8:03 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The House on Tuesday approved a Senate bill that would extend the state's 35 percent renewable energy tax credit - set to expire at the end of 2015 - by one year to allow several major solar farms to hook up to the power grid. Over five years, the solar companies could collect as much as...
Published: Tuesday, April 28th, 2015 @ 5:49 pm
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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House Republicans are taking another whack at ending subsidies attached to government-mandated purchases of renewable energy. House Bill 681 would require solar and other "green" power to compete with traditional fuel sources in the government-regulated electricity industry and determine the energy
Published: Saturday, April 18th, 2015 @ 12:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Senate Finance Committee on April 2 approved a bill with bipartisan support to extend by one year eligibility for the state's 35 percent renewable energy tax credit. The legislation is intended to provide "a soft landing " to large solar projects already in the regulatory approval and...
Published: Monday, April 13th, 2015 @ 8:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 2013, RTI International teamed with LaCapra Associates to report on "The Economic, Utility Portfolio, and Rate Impact of Clean Energy Development in North Carolina." Prepared for the North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association (NCSEA), the report made fantastic findings that North Carolina's...
Published: Sunday, April 5th, 2015 @ 2:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There's a corner in my house that is highly attractive to cats. In a few short years, this place has gone from somewhere no cat would ever be seen to an area heavily visited by kitties. One might describe this spot as an Emerging Leader in Cat Corners.
Published: Wednesday, January 28th, 2015 @ 7:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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There's a corner in my house that is highly attractive to cats. In a few short years, this place has gone from somewhere no cat would ever be seen to an area heavily visited by kitties. One might describe this spot as an Emerging Leader in Cat Corners.
Published: Saturday, January 17th, 2015 @ 10:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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John Morrison, chief operating officer of Strata Solar in Chapel Hill, on Wednesday was lauding the brisk growth of sun-powered electricity in North Carolina in comments to the North Carolina Energy Policy Council. His company has built solar farm and solar array projects across North Carolina with
Published: Friday, September 19th, 2014 @ 2:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new poll released by the North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association shows strong support from North Carolinians for more renewable energy. That's the story.
Published: Monday, June 2nd, 2014 @ 2:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina utility customers would face $100 million annual rate increases for 15 years if all renewable energy facilities now under consideration were online and complied fully with a 1978 federal law requiring utilities to buy electricity from those more expensive renewable sources, a...
Published: Wednesday, January 15th, 2014 @ 9:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Affluent North Carolina residents who put solar panels on their rooftops are being subsidized by lower-income customers because of the state's renewable energy subsidies and regulations, the president of Duke Energy North Carolina told a legislative panel Tuesday.
Published: Thursday, January 9th, 2014 @ 9:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A contentious Senate committee hearing Wednesday on a bill to phase out multimillion-dollar state tax subsidies to select renewable energy
Published: Friday, May 3rd, 2013 @ 9:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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According to a self-serving report paid for by the North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association, $72 million in government subsidies received by...
Published: Saturday, April 6th, 2013 @ 11:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Economic researchers say a study claiming more than 20,000 job-years were created in North Carolina as a result of legislation mandating the purchase of renewable energy likely exaggerates that outcome while downplaying job losses resulting from that mandate.
Published: Saturday, March 23rd, 2013 @ 12:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Green energy advocates characterize it as a jobs-killing bill, and the House leadership hasn't made it easy for the measure to move forward, but state Rep. Mike Hager said support is building for House Bill 298, his effort to end costly state tax subsidies for renewable energy.
Published: Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 @ 12:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Assume North Carolina began a program to subsidize pyramid building, maybe because the population became convinced that pyramids had special healing powers and social benefits that would be spread to the entire population...
Published: Wednesday, March 13th, 2013 @ 9:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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