On July 2, Governor Josh Stein vetoed Senate Bill 266, a measure that would loosen 2021’s House Bill 951, which tells North Carolina power companies to cut power-sector carbon dioxide…
It's a two-pronged, self-defeating argument that solar advocates make without seeming to notice how the second prong makes an utter shambles of the first. Solar energy is a powerhouse new…
Advocates for least-cost, reliable electricity will welcome the ideas in Rep. Chris Millis’ “NC Ratepayers Protection Act” (House Bill 745). They will especially appreciate Millis’ call for studying the actual subsidies and…
My report last week exposed misleading data being pushed on lawmakers by the renewable energy lobby. The lobbyists were pushing a new statistic, that the renewable energy portfolio standards (REPS) and…
As N.C. lawmakers debate the future of the state’s renewable energy mandate, their discussions have been hampered by misleading information circulated by the N.C. Sustainable Energy Association, a lobbying group for…
Click here to view and here to listen to Jon Sanders discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — A report from a renewable energy industry group fails in its goal of…
View in your browser. Two of three drivers of higher electricity costs in North Carolina are renewable energy investments by utilities and the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standards…
View in your browser. In 2013, RTI International teamed with LaCapra Associates to report on "The Economic, Utility Portfolio, and Rate Impact of Clean Energy Development in North Carolina." Prepared…
My newsletter discusses the implications of a new poll of North Carolinians’ opinions about renewable energy. A snippet (with emphasis added): But a closer reading of the poll results and…
View in your browser. A new poll released by the North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association shows strong support from North Carolinians for more renewable energy, is the story. But a…
View in your browser. The John W. Pope Civitas Institute has issued a new poll this week that found "Voters soundly opposed to paying more for so-called Green Energy." Those…
View in your browser. Weekly John Locke Foundation research division newsletter focusing on environmental issues. This newsletter highlights relevant analysis done by the JLF and other think tanks as well…