North Carolina Utilities Commission (NC UC)
The key climate policy stories that bear watching in the Mid-Atlantic region in 2022 make up a short but high-impact list that includes offshore wind, how quickly the region’s investor-owned utilities will decarbonize and Glenn Youngkin. The clean energy landscape in the Mid-Atlantic region got a major shake-up in November when Republican Youngkin edged out …
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A proposed agreement between Duke Energy and solar advocates would lower the net metering rate residential rooftop solar owners receive for their excess power.
Renewable power advocates are concerned by concessions N.C. legislators made to utilities in return for the carbon-reduction goals of House Bill 951.
North Carolina law has upped the ante on utility carbon emissions reductions — requiring a 70% cut by 2030.
As H951 sits on Gov. Cooper's desk, the NCUC continued its examination of Duke Energy's IRP with a session on the increasing complexity of grid planning.
A bill in the North Carolina legislature would authorize the Utilities Commission to “take all reasonable steps” to achieve a 70% reduction in carbon.
South Carolina sent the utility back to the drawing board for IRP revisions, while North Carolina looks to changes for Duke's 2022 IRP.
Opponents of the proposed Southeast Energy Exchange Market renewed calls for a technical conference on energy market policy in the Southeast.
Five of Duke Energy’s seven coal-fired plants in North Carolina would be replaced by energy storage and natural gas under a bill before the state House.
Duke Energy proposed spending $56 million to add 1,000 EV charging ports and fund 60 electric school buses in North Carolina.
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