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N. Carolina doesn't pick electric mix to lower carbon levels

Por: Associated Press Politics December 31, 2022

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina utility regulators to carry out a series of activities to generate electricity that they say will help ensure greenhouse gas reductions set in a new state law are met. But the Utilities Commission’s order involving solar, wind, nuclear and other sources for electricity doesn’t endorse any particular mix of energy sources to meet the mandates currently required for 2030. The order does tell Duke... + full article



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