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Advocating for making energy more affordable and reliable, Locke provides groundbreaking research and policy proposals that looks to halt the government’s destructive green energy transition.
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Budget, Taxation & Economy
A New Law Means Higher Electricity Costs Are Coming, But Does It Stop Even Worse Rate Hikes?
Signed by Gov. Cooper, HB 951 puts his policy goal of 70% reduction of CO2 emissions into law, allows multiyear rate plans for utilities, and lets small solar facilities amend…
Energy
Wind Energy’s Problems Reach Well Beyond the Threat to Wildlife
As reported in the N&O: A team of scientists led by Duke University researchers will set out to determine the risk offshore wind turbines could pose to birds, fish and…
Energy
Wait, who agrees electricity costs must keep going up? Not consumers
Speaking normally, the phrase cost of electricity refers to the cost of electricity. To our media, it seems, the phrase cost of electricity is a nonsense phrase, a bit of…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
New Carolina Journal Online Features
Carolina Journal Online reports on the General Assembly finalizing the No Patient Left Alone Act. CJ also reports on the N.C. Revenue Department’s recent courtroom loss in a dispute involving…
Energy
Testimony before NCGA Senate Committees on HB 951, Energy Solutions
I testified on HB 951, Energy Solutions for North Carolina this week before both the Senate Ag/Energy/Enviro Committee and the Senate Rules Committee. Here are my prepared remarks: Energy policy. This…
Energy
China Would Need to Cut Its Own Coal Consumption to Meet Paris Climate Goals
Josh Siegel of the Washington Examiner reviews China’s latest climate-related pledge. China made a big splash at the United Nations General Assembly, with President Xi Jinping announcing the country would…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Biden’s Climate Goals Require Higher Taxes, Killing Off Natural Gas
Collin Anderson of the Washington Free Beacon highlights one little-reported aspect of the Biden administration’s climate goals. President Joe Biden would need to implement a massive tax on emissions and…
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Budget, Taxation & Economy
Energy Crossroads, Part 2: Reliable, Cost-Effective Alternatives to Cooper’s Disastrous Plan
By favoring wind and solar generation with battery storage to the exclusion of viable, dependable sources, Gov. Cooper's "Clean Energy Plan" would be extremely expensive, costing consumers an average of…
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Budget, Taxation & Economy
Energy Crossroads, Part 1: Cooper’s Plan Is Unnecessary and Fraught with Costs to Consumers and the Environment
Cooper's "Clean Energy Plan" has a very definite preference for extremely expensive, intermittent, and unreliable electricity resources, to the exclusion of viable, dependable resources. A report for Locke by energy…
Energy
Less Wind, Higher Costs for European Energy
Philip Caldwell of the Washington Free Beacon reports bad news for European energy consumers. Energy prices in Europe spiked to record highs in recent weeks as wind power production off…
Energy
California begs feds to pollute more in electricity provision. Wonder why?
CAISO wants the DoE to suspend air-pollution rules so it can use natural gas turbines as "back-up power generation and freeing up additional energy capacity to help alleviate electric demand…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
‘Buy American’ or ‘Go Green’?
Josh Siegel of the Washington Examiner reports on a clash between two Biden administration policies. There is an inherent tension in President Joe Biden’s climate plans between reducing emissions as…