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Related: About this forumBreaking: North Carolina ALEC-Modeled Bill To Repeal Clean Energy Standard Fails In Committee
North Carolinas renewable energy industry is safe from legislative threats, for now. Republicans and Democrats in the sponsors own committee voted down his bill that would have repealed the states clean energy standard.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 states 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 Hagers bill because it would jeopardize the construction of a waste-to-energy plant in eastern North Carolina.
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 states 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 Hagers 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
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Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)1. Nice to know that there is still
some intelligent life left in Raleigh.
barbtries
(28,703 posts)2. that's good news.
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.
mmonk
(52,589 posts)3. Yabba dabba doo!
I'll have something on this on my website.
Lex
(34,108 posts)4. I was surprised by this
considering the unbelievably conservative right-wing assholes who are in charge right now.