Friday’s Bad Bill of the Week on HB 1139 featured just another instance of needless and inefficient “green legislation.” What happens when corporations can’t meet the standards imposed upon them? Yesterday, according to newsobserver.com, over six separate utilities corporations, including Progress Energy out of Raleigh, appealed to the Energy Commission for an extension on meeting [...]
The Proposal to Repeal an Energy Bill From 2007 Would, In Effect, Raise Taxes
Republican Representative George Cleveland introduced HB431, which would repeal SB3 from the 2007 legisaltive session. That bill required power companies to buy renewable energy sources for over 12 percent of their energy portfolio. Electric co-ops and cities would have to rely on renewable energy for 10 percent of their sources. That 2007 bill also phased out [...]
New Solar Plant Going Online In NC, $$$$$$$
SunEdison, an out of state company, is building a solar energy farm near Lexington, NC. The plant is taking advantage of all sorts of new benefits doled out by the legislature. This story has so many interesting components I’m not entirely sure how to lay it out. 1) A new solar facility that will produce [...]
More Money, Please!
Governor Bev Perdue is making a trip to Washington, DC today to petition for more federal funds for North Carolina. Instead of working to find better ways to cut spending, target waste and inefficiency in government, and provide tax relief for North Carolinians struggling in the recession – our Governor has decided to take the [...]
Reality On Warming Finally Hits The Brits
The British aren’t usually the ones to get to the top of the science heap, but they’re starting to be more honest about climate at the media level. Remarkable to say the least from the BBC: But it is true. For the last 11 years we have not observed any increase in global temperatures. And [...]
