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octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
Wed Apr 24, 2013, 04:53 PM Apr 2013

Breaking: North Carolina ALEC-Modeled Bill To Repeal Clean Energy Standard Fails In Committee

North Carolina’s renewable energy industry is safe from legislative threats, for now. Republicans and Democrats in the sponsor’s own committee voted down his bill that would have repealed the state’s clean energy standard. This bill mimicked “model legislation” from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
WRAL NC Capitol reports:
[Bill sponsor] Rep. Mike Hager, R-Rutherford, had pulled House Bill 298 from the House Committee on Environment, where it faced questionable support, to put it in front of the House Committee on Public Utilities and Energy, which he chairs, in hopes of keeping the legislation moving forward.
Instead, an 18-13 vote killed the bill, with powerful Republican Reps. Tim Moore, Ruth Samuelson, Nelson Dollar and others joining Democrats in opposing the measure.
Passed in 2007 with bipartisan support, the state’s renewable energy standard required utilities to use increasing amounts of renewable energy. The clean energy industry has since created thousands of North Carolina jobs and pumped billions into the economy. North Carolina was the first state in the Southeast to achieve a renewable energy standard. It is not just solar panel and wind turbines that support the bill. Prestige Farms is a turkey and pork processor, and opposed Hager’s bill because it would jeopardize the construction of a waste-to-energy plant in eastern North Carolina.






http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/04/24/1915831/breaking-north-carolina-alec-modeled-res-repeal-bill-fails-in-committee/



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Breaking: North Carolina ALEC-Modeled Bill To Repeal Clean Energy Standard Fails In Committee (Original Post) octoberlib Apr 2013 OP
Nice to know that there is still Kelvin Mace Apr 2013 #1
that's good news. barbtries Apr 2013 #2
Yabba dabba doo! mmonk Apr 2013 #3
I was surprised by this Lex Apr 2013 #4

barbtries

(28,703 posts)
2. that's good news.
Wed Apr 24, 2013, 05:22 PM
Apr 2013

i wish i thought it was because there really are republicans out there who care. i figure there must have been constituent pushback. maybe i'm wrong.

Lex

(34,108 posts)
4. I was surprised by this
Wed Apr 24, 2013, 09:29 PM
Apr 2013

considering the unbelievably conservative right-wing assholes who are in charge right now.

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