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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The American Gas Association criticized federal regulators for considering a ban on stoves powered by natural gas.
Published: Monday, January 16th, 2023 @ 9:19 am
By: Daily Wire
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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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Refinery & pipeline explosion
Published: Tuesday, July 12th, 2022 @ 10:48 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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liberal experts project massive new taxes
Published: Monday, September 27th, 2021 @ 8:54 pm
By: John Steed
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A new study released today by the John Locke Foundation spells out just how superior nuclear and natural gas are in achieving carbon emission reduction goals for the state.
Published: Thursday, August 5th, 2021 @ 12:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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The Pipeline Safety Section investigated this incident pursuant to the authority granted to the Commission by North Carolina General Statutes Section 62-50(b)
Published: Friday, May 28th, 2021 @ 10:41 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Sen. Bernie Sanders recently called climate change "an existential threat" and blamed it for last weekend's deadly Alabama tornadoes.
Published: Sunday, March 31st, 2019 @ 1:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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America is poised to become energy independent, and its allies abroad will share the economic and geopolitical benefits, a key Trump administration official says
Published: Thursday, May 17th, 2018 @ 7:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I think the administration of Gov. Roy Cooper favors the construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a 600-mile project connecting natural-gas generation in West Virginia to natural-gas consumers in Virginia and North Carolina
Published: Tuesday, January 9th, 2018 @ 2:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Atlantic Coast Pipeline cuts a 600-mile underground swath through three states, beginning in Harrison County, West Virginia
Published: Wednesday, January 3rd, 2018 @ 3:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Tennessee Valley Authority produced a recent study that found the premium it pays to solar energy producers is about 67 percent higher than solar's actual value (about 12 cents per kilowatt versus 7.2 cents/kw). As reported in the Chattanooga Times Free Press...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 5:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lately there has been a great deal of discussion, even among conservatives and Republicans, about the possibility of implementing a carbon dioxide tax, incorrectly refereed to as a carbon tax. Of course carbon dioxide and carbon are quite different. But this is part of the manipulation of the...
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 6:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A column this week in The News & Observer argues for the North Carolina Senate to reject a measure that would direct environmental officials to develop a state implementation plan with pending U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations.
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 @ 3:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory participated in a panel discussion today on U.S. offshore energy development at the annual Offshore Technology Conference in Houston. The governor was joined by U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (NC), House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (UT) and the...
Published: Tuesday, May 5th, 2015 @ 4:13 pm
By: Chris Downey
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A bipartisan group of governors representing the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Governors Coalition met today to discuss the responsible expansion of offshore energy development. The participating governors — Governor Pat McCrory of North Carolina (Chair), Governor Phil Bryant of Mississippi...
Published: Saturday, February 21st, 2015 @ 10:19 am
By: Chris Downey
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Gov. Pat McCrory's coal ash clash with the General Assembly to determine the framework of North Carolina government is an important fight, but is unlikely to influence voters' decisions in the Nov. 4 general election, political analysts say
Published: Thursday, September 11th, 2014 @ 6:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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For all the drama in the days leading up to the adjournment of the 2014 "short session" of the General Assembly, the final day proved anticlimactic.
Published: Thursday, August 21st, 2014 @ 11:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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Hagan Supported A Cap And Trade Bill That Would Have Caused Electricity Prices To Skyrocket, Costing Families $1,700 A Year
Published: Monday, June 2nd, 2014 @ 10:26 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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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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The ongoing debate over subsidies for traditional versus renewable energy sources offers an incomplete picture. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report urges advocates on both sides of the debate to fill in the gaps by factoring in penalties along with subsidies.
Published: Thursday, November 7th, 2013 @ 11:36 pm
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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North Carolina lawmakers are ready to capitalize on what some are calling the "natural gas boom." A bill lifting the state's moratorium on fracking -- a method for releasing natural gas that environmentalists feel is controversial...
Published: Thursday, March 14th, 2013 @ 1:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Natural gas exploration using hydraulic fracturing, aka fracking, may be moving forward in North Carolina. Gov. Bev Perdue recently changed her mind and supports it, with limitations.
Published: Sunday, April 22nd, 2012 @ 3:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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