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The Four P’s of Electricity Competition
View in your browser. This week the John Locke Foundation worked with the environmental advocacy group NC WARN to cosponsor a forum on the benefits of increased competition in providing…
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JLF, NC WARN tout the benefits of electricity competition
The John Locke Foundation and the NC WARN environmental advocacy group joined forces Wednesday to sponsor a two-hour forum touting the benefits of increased competition in providing electricity to North…
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Today In Raleigh: A Forum on Competition in the Electricity Market
Wonder why your electric bill is so high? Today in Raleigh, you can find out about the factors that contribute to higher prices for energy and ideas for rolling back…
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School technology woes, Valentine’s Day taxes, and other items of interest
The News & Observer interviewed Terry Stoops about problems plaguing a new state computer system that keeps track of public school student information. A Greensboro News & Record letter writer…
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Nuclear vs. solar: No contest
Today’s CJ interview with JLF legal and regulatory director Daren Bakst is a must read. Bakst debunks the notion put out by NC WARN —with help from the New York…
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Locke Spotlight report exposes flaws in pro-solar power “cost” analysis
View in your browser. This weekly newsletter, focused on environmental issues, highlights relevant analysis done by the John Locke Foundation and other think tanks, as well as items in the…
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Despite anti-nukes group’s findings, nuclear power is cheaper than solar
The New York Times and other media outlets around the world devoted attention to a recent report from the anti-nuclear power advocacy group NC WARN that contended solar power is…
Nuclear power remains much cheaper than solar, despite anti-nukes group’s report
Click here to view and here to listen to Daren Bakst discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH– There’s no contest in the cost comparison between nuclear and solar power: Nuclear power…
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Costs of Nuclear vs. Solar: It’s No Contest
A study by the North Carolina Waste Awareness Network (NC WARN), an anti–nuclear power advocacy group, argues that solar power today is less expensive than nuclear power. Media have embraced…
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NC WARN and Solar Power
Last week, the N & O published an article about an NC WARN report that argues solar power is less expensive than nuclear power. I criticized the report in this…
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Nuclear v. Solar: No Contest
NC WARN released a report that argues new solar power is less expensive than new nuclear power. The report was discussed in this N & O article. I. Costs According…
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No Acknowledgement of James Hansen’s Endorsement of Nukes
At a hearing before the state’s Utilities Commission today, here’s what’s on tap, writes the News & Observer: NC WARN’s star witness is John Blackburn, a former chairman of Duke…