Elizabeth Ouzts

2 weeks ago | canarymedia.com | Elizabeth Ouzts

The proposal is part of a swift-moving package that would also unravel the state’s climate targets. Duke Energy and industrial customers have voiced support. Residential customers of Duke Energy in North Carolina could pay $87 million more per year for electricity under a proposal rocketing through the state legislature, a new study shows. The figure represents about a 4% jump in household bills.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Elizabeth Ouzts

Residential customers of Duke Energy in North Carolina could pay $87 million more per year for electricity under a proposal rocketing through the state legislature, a new study shows. The figure represents about a 4% jump in household bills.

2 weeks ago | canarymedia.com | Elizabeth Ouzts

Assuming promised refunds from the federal government materialize, the project is expected to save Second Harvest $143,000 each year, funds the group says will be reinvested directly into programs that provide food, nutrition education, and workforce development across 18 counties of Northwest North Carolina. But with the tax rebates now on the chopping block in Congress, other organizations considering new facilities may not have the chance to follow Second Harvest’s footsteps.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Elizabeth Ouzts

When the team at Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina first started planning construction of a new headquarters in Winston-Salem in 2019, they seriously considered solar panels. “Food banking at its core has always been about sustainability,” said Beth Bealle, Second Harvest’s director of philanthropy, stewardship, and engagement.

3 weeks ago | canarymedia.com | Elizabeth Ouzts

​ North Carolina will lose big if cuts to clean energy incentives become law. Will Tillis, on record against “wholesale repeal” of the credits, go to bat for his state? Now that the U.S. House of Representatives has passed a measure to kill nearly every federal tax credit there is to support the clean energy transition, gobsmacked advocates and industry leaders in solar, wind, and electric vehicles are looking desperately to the Senate to amend it.