Administrations Clean Power Plan and with paris happening a month ago, Carbon Pricing more broadly . How ready are u. S. Energy companies for those two regulations . All of our companies some are across the continuum. Some have supported a trade approach. Some have supported a carbon tax. Theres a variety of different position amongst our Member Companies. The things we have focused on primarily is the science and the data. Why . Because we think that is the story thats not being told today. The relate is that the u. S. Is the leader. The president should have gone to paris and said i have a case study in the United States. Were able to grow our economy, put people to work, at the same time our Carbon Emissions are at a 20year low. We think that story should be told because we think it will help reorient other thinkers about the solutions of our time which is climate. We believe we now have a case study. We actually have data that shows how you continue to support a growing economy at
Starting off, the day in many locations, with that mix, transitioning to snow. Periods of heavy snow throughout the morning and into the afternoon. Tonight the snow continues and at times we will see some freezing rain as well. So, with the weight of the snow, the ice, we could have Power Outages with gusty winds. Roads, of course, a huge issue this morning. Coming up in my full forecast, i will show you who is expected to see the most snow out of the system. Back to you. Holly there are multiple wrecks right in our area. Now lets head over to the Traffic Center where jaclyn is keeping an eye on everything. Jaclyn thank, ingrid. We are seeing lots of wrecks and stranded vehicles in the area. Viewer chad sent this into the photograph into the news room, a tractor trailer that is stuck on i26 eastbound right near long sholes road. So these are the Road Conditions we are dealing with this evening no. We are also seeing these problems on i26 in Henderson County and polk county. There are a
Already. This is not even the strengthened part of the storm. Were not even to the max life cycle, if you will. All kinds of rain and moisture starting to fall as sleet and freezing rain. Weve got heavy sleet reported in brevard. Canton, west of asheville. You see all the blue and you think its snowing, right . Not yet. Thats above us. Several thousand feet in the clouds were seeing snow because the air temperatures in the clouds are cold. Sleet to snow and then its all snow throughout the duration of this event all through tomorrow in to saturday. Winter storm warnings are out for the entire region until 7 00 a. M. Sunday. Over a foot of snow for many in Western North carolina. Dont think its going to be that much over the upstate. But youre still going to have your significant snow fall. Overnight tonight, icy mix to snow. Before dawn, were going to have ice mixed in south. Then through the day tomorrow in to saturday, periods of heavy snow. So the temperatures are key. Were dropping
3 we continue our Live Team Coverage of this winter storm. Its already having a huge impact on travel. News 13s Lauren Brigman is live along i240 in asheville. And lauren the dot is asking people to stay off the roads. 3 3 3 3 3 heres a look at the big picture in henderson county. There are wrecks, disabled vehicles and lane closures between the 64 lane closures vehicles and disabled wrecks, disabled vehicles and lane closures between the 64 and the South Carolina border. There are a few minor weather related wrecks scattered across Mcdowell County dot is out treating i fort and black mountain. Take you need to travel this stretch of i40. The roads are a mess in swain county. There is a disabled semi around the 9400 block of highway 19. We have all the problem spots listed by county on wlos dot com im Jaclyn Deaugustino with this ontime you by the wired mouse computer solutions. 3 3 200 trucks and 300 workers are coming in from Power Companies in florida to help duke energy during the
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 200 trucks and 300 workers are coming in from Power Companies in florida to help duke energy during the storm. Jeff brooks, with duke energy, says it does not take much ice to weight down tree limbs. Just a half inch of ice can bring a power line down. Duke says people need to be prepared for outages that could last days. 3 Jeff Brooks Duke Energy Spokes Person 11 50 11 this is a scenario where you could see your power out for more than a day. The last storms last year we saw two and three day outages for some of our customers. If you lose power during the storm. Call duke energy to report the outage at 1800poweron. Thats 18007693766. 3 3 in the upstate, Greenville County emergency crews are on standby this morning as the storm moves in. They are warning people to stay off the roads. 3 3 the ncdot and Highway Patrol are now implementing the quick clearance law means the dots imap trucks will move abandoned vehicles to the shoulder when possible. Troopers and local L