October 6, 2021
North Carolina to mandate 70% cut in electricity CO2 emissions by 2030
The bipartisan compromise bill includes bold targets and regional firsts, but critics say it’s too lax on Duke Energy.
North Carolina lawmakers have reached a bipartisan compromise on a sprawling energy bill that would set the state’s first-ever targets for cutting electricity-sector carbon emissions. The goal will be to bring emissions down 70 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. That has been a key demand of Gov. Roy Cooper (D) in his fight with the Republican-dominated state legislature over the state’s energy future.
