The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting an above-average Atlantic hurricane season this year. The prediction hinges on “a quick transition to La Niña conditions, which are conducive…
Late afternoon on Thursday, January 4, customers of Duke Energy received a text message alerting them to expected high energy demand the next day and requesting they “take steps to…
A key fact — and important graphic — in last week’s brief describing North Carolina’s China Carbon Time for 2023 has already been rendered obsolete. It’s even more bad news…
For almost a decade, North Carolina has benefited from the fiscal conservatism of our General Assembly. This conservatism has allowed North Carolina to avoid many of the tough decisions other…
The post-COVID economy is going to be stark. People are going to be hurting. This is no time for expensive policy games that were barely tolerable even when times were…
We know North Carolinians are creative, but this is amazing. Remember, it’s a parody, but what if this were real? The North Carolina Solar Power Association is battling the perception…
The governor wants HB 589 to pass to help "lower cost renewable energy." It has lots of cronyism for renewable energy, no doubt. But there's no such creature as "lower…
We use energy every time we turn on the lights, fire up the heat or air conditioning, or use our various electronic devices. Government agencies in both the nation’s capital…
View in your browser. 1. Enviros make amazing admission — solar power is totally welfare dependent [I]t was not North Carolina’s "long summer days" that put the state on the…
Flaws in Obamacare have helped lead to harmful “adverse selection” in North Carolina’s health insurance market. Katherine Restrepo analyzes the problem and discusses possible market-based cures during the next edition…
Did you know that NC is the only state in the southeast that has a renewable energy portfolio standard…..? Take a look at the map below.
…here’s an animated summary. The solar energy industry likes to impress the media and legislators with tales of how it’s like which they are somehow proud to admit is only…