North Carolina’s House Bill 130: Energy Choice/Solar Decommissioning Requirement - Now in Effect
After a busy week, legislators left Raleigh on Thursday for the foreseeable future. Although they did not pass a new 2024 budget bill, they did appropriate funds for certain purposes and are authorized to return later this...more
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As we predicted, North Carolina’s House Bill 130 became law on midnight, June 24, 2023, as a result of Governor Roy Cooper electing not to take action on the ratified house bill. Ben Smith highlights the important facts of...more
Background - North Carolina’s General Assembly enacted significant two-pronged legislation that restricts the ability of municipalities to regulate the use of energy and places new statewide requirements on decommissioning...more
On January 7, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper issued Executive Order No. 246 affirming North Carolina’s commitment to a clean energy economy and directing next steps in the State’s plan to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas...more
As lawmakers continue to negotiate with the Governor on a state budget, all the best legislative cartographers on both sides of the aisle have taken to the public terminals in the Legislative Office Building to draw...more
Kilpatrick Townsend’s Government Relations Team represents a variety of clients across many industries and in all levels of government, with a focus on the North Carolina General Assembly. Below is an update on the activity...more
This week at the General Assembly, discussion of the budget bill with the Governor continued, members considered other bills and also started to discuss redistricting in committees. Budget Bill - Legislative leaders and...more
After a week-long recess, this week talks of a new budget were fairly quiet as onlookers await the House’s version. Only one Appropriations subcommittee met, Information Technology, but no votes or decisions were made. Most...more
As legislators and the public eagerly await the Senate's budget proposal sometime early next week, this week saw several committees meet to consider local bills and bills for discussion only. One major piece of legislation...more
This week, a number of new bills were introduced at the General Assembly and work continued on the state budget. Local Government Choice of Energy Ordinances - A bill (H 220) that would ban local governments from passing...more