replacing dependable coal with intermittant wind and solar may mean blackouts
Published: Sunday, April 28th, 2024 @ 7:36 pm
By: John Steed
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They also show why the General Assembly was wise to put the least-cost and reliable guardrails into law
Published: Tuesday, January 30th, 2024 @ 9:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The old proverb states that April showers bring May Flowers. So, what does August heat bring? Answer: Huge electric bills. My July bill was so high I was convinced my meter was broken and called to get a service person to my house.
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2023 @ 8:56 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The potentially biggest event in our lifetimes occurred this week. No, it wasn’t the indictment of a former President of the United States by a politically motivated District Attorney.
Published: Thursday, July 20th, 2023 @ 6:06 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Dr. Jordan B. Peterson noted the harmful effects of closing nuclear power facilities for ideological purposes as Germany shuttered the nation’s remaining nuclear plants and Elon Musk strongly advised against the move.
Published: Saturday, May 27th, 2023 @ 2:56 pm
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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Get ready to see higher electricity bills if the North Carolina Utilities Commission approves a requested price hike by Duke Energy Progress.
Published: Monday, May 15th, 2023 @ 12:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Green agenda strangles country
Published: Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 @ 11:00 am
By: John Steed
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To meet the law’s requirements of being least-cost while maintaining grid reliability, the Utilities Commission’s initial “Carbon Plan” sees natural gas as a “bridge fuel” until sufficient zero-emissions resources “are available and can replace at scale what gas contributes to the system”
Published: Monday, January 30th, 2023 @ 6:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned his fellow Europeans that the continent will undergo trials as it supports Ukraine in the midst of an energy crisis.
Published: Saturday, October 1st, 2022 @ 9:50 am
By: Daily Wire
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Officials in the European Union are eyeing a “solidarity contribution” from energy companies as the bloc grapples with rising power prices.
Published: Wednesday, September 28th, 2022 @ 1:50 am
By: Daily Wire
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California energy prices hit their highest levels since the summer of 2020 on Tuesday.
Published: Thursday, September 22nd, 2022 @ 10:43 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Germany is slated to burn coal and keep two nuclear plants open amid soaring energy prices, according to a Monday statement from economy minister Robert Habeck.
Published: Thursday, September 22nd, 2022 @ 1:03 am
By: Daily Wire
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg remarked on Friday that he is “interested” in an upcoming California ban on new gas-powered cars as the Biden administration weighs nationwide electric vehicle policies.
Published: Friday, September 16th, 2022 @ 2:56 am
By: Daily Wire
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) urged California officials to keep the state’s last nuclear power facility open amid continuous turmoil with the electric grid.
Published: Sunday, September 11th, 2022 @ 1:25 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Chinese energy authorities are burning more coal as severe droughts affect the nation’s ability to generate power through hydroelectric dams.
Published: Sunday, September 4th, 2022 @ 3:50 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Germany will likely proceed with shutting down its three remaining nuclear power plants despite an uncertain supply of gas ahead of the winter season, economy minister Robert Habeck said on Sunday.
Published: Saturday, September 3rd, 2022 @ 6:28 pm
By: Daily Wire
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that is what happens when you rely on weather-dependent wind and solar
Published: Friday, September 2nd, 2022 @ 9:14 am
By: John Steed
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Bombing has resumed near Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine amid the ongoing Russian invasion, prompting concerns of a nuclear disaster.
Published: Wednesday, August 24th, 2022 @ 2:13 pm
By: Daily Wire
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In an interview with Fox Business, Duke Energy CEO shares where the future of energy is heading for North Carolina
Published: Sunday, August 21st, 2022 @ 12:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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climate crusade has shuttered coal and gas electric plants reducing capacity
Published: Saturday, June 4th, 2022 @ 8:44 pm
By: John Steed
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Russia declares open humanitarian corridors and then shell them
Published: Wednesday, March 9th, 2022 @ 8:13 am
By: John Steed
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Since 2015 North Carolina has netted more than 110,000 new residents per year, one of the fastest growing of all the states.
Published: Thursday, March 3rd, 2022 @ 9:11 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Real Clear Energy tells the tale on EU's self-made energy crisis
Published: Wednesday, February 16th, 2022 @ 10:48 am
By: John Steed
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Kosovo and Serbia impose rolling blackouts while UK issues power warning
Published: Friday, December 24th, 2021 @ 6:39 pm
By: John Steed
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instead of pushing expensive and unreliable wind and solar
Published: Saturday, November 13th, 2021 @ 8:07 am
By: John Steed
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House Bill 951 would retire coal plants, increase natural gas, and mandate increases in renewable capacity, but high costs and erosion of N.C. Utilities Commission authorities unite stakeholders in opposition.
Published: Wednesday, August 18th, 2021 @ 8:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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On Monday, the Iranian regime vowed revenge against Israel after Israel was accused of causing Iran’s underground Natanz nuclear site to suffer an electricity outage that could set back Iran’s nuclear enrichment program.
Published: Wednesday, April 14th, 2021 @ 9:07 am
By: Daily Wire
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