Environmental Defense Fund: Proposed Legislation Would Lock North Carolina Into Expensive, Outdated Energy Sources in a Time of High Bills and Growing Electricity Demand
May 21, 2026
May 21, 2026
NEW YORK, May 21 -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release on May 20, 2026:
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Proposed legislation would lock North Carolina into expensive, outdated energy sources in a time of high bills and growing electricity demand
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Legislation introduced in North Carolina House Energy and Commerce Committee today would mandate the state's continuing reliance on aging and increasingly expensive coal-fired power plants. . . .
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Proposed legislation would lock North Carolina into expensive, outdated energy sources in a time of high bills and growing electricity demand
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Legislation introduced in North Carolina House Energy and Commerce Committee today would mandate the state's continuing reliance on aging and increasingly expensive coal-fired power plants. . . .