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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The federal government issued tax credits in North Carolina approaching a half-billion dollars for renewable energy investment in the five most recent years for which records are available, and high-income earners have benefited the most from the tax favors
Published: Thursday, October 6th, 2016 @ 2:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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Destroying property and taking things from people doesn't grow the economy. Sounds rather obvious? That's why lobbyists come armed with "economic impact" studies.
Published: Friday, April 29th, 2016 @ 11:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In January 2011, Thom Tillis was elected speaker of the state House. In March, 2011, it hit the media that House leaders were attempting to kill a conservative-promoted measure to eliminate the state's "renewable energy" mandate.
Published: Thursday, November 21st, 2013 @ 11:26 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Bill Clinton staged an incredible comeback in 1996, following the HillaryCare fiasco, by practicing triangulation -- positioning himself somewhere between the liberalism of his fellow Democrats and the conservatism of the Republicans.
Published: Thursday, May 9th, 2013 @ 2:14 am
By: Brant Clifton
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