As the North Carolina Utilities Commission works on a Carbon Plan that would dramatically shape the state’s energy future, the state grew by 133,088 people in 2022 alone, the third fastest-growing state in the nation. North Carolina’s tax climate is the primary draw, along with the quality of our work force and higher education system. One variable in the equation will keep the economic progress engine moving forward or stop it in its tracks: affordable, reliable energy.
In the most recent of Carolina Journal’s Follow the Money print series, “Cooper’s Green Agenda’” Carolina Journal tracks donations from green energy groups to the campaigns of Gov. Roy Cooper and highlights his executive orders and other actions setting green energy policy as governor. Cooper’s staff communications director fired back on Twitter calling out what