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A Citizen's Guide: The NC Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard

In a historic stroke of the pen on August 20, 2007, Governor Mike Easley signed Senate Bill 3 and North Carolina became the 25th state – and the first in the Southeast—to enact a mandatory renewable energy and energy efficiency portfolio standard (REPS) into law. The new law – ...
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Sencera 35-MW Solar Manufacturing Facility To Provide 65 jobs in NC

In response to NCSEA's collaborative work to create a Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard law in North Carolina, our State's clean energy markets are now developing rapidly.  Sencera International Corporation's recent announcement to build a thin-film solar ...
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Duke Energy, SunEdison Contract Places Largest U.S. Solar Farm in Davidson County


Sun Edison, LLC has signed a contract with Duke Energy to sell electricity from what is currently the largest solar farm in the United States.  Read the stories below to learn more:


Winston-Salem Journal:
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Progress Energy Rates Could Leap 16%

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"Progress Energy asked state regulators Friday to approve a whopper of a rate increase. The Raleigh electric utility wants to raise rates by 16.2 percent to pay for the soaring cost of fuel needed to operate power plants. It is the company's ...
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