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The
Ratepayer Protection
Act, making its way
through the North
Carolina legislature,
conjoins two opposing
ideas.
On one side, the bill
would rein in data
centers and their
ravenous power
consumption, and
shield North
Carolinians from
paying higher electric
bills as a result of
data centers’
operations.
On the other, the
measure would liberate
Duke Energy from
limits on fossil fuel,
upending key aspects
of state energy policy
and, in some respects,
reversing nearly 20
years of painstaking
work on climate
change.
“It’s the terrible
combined with the
good,” a local
advocate explained.
“They should be two
separate bills.”
Lisa, who has been
following this
legislation, explains
how these two ideas
got put together in
the first place, where
the opposing ideas fit
in the state’s
political landscape,
and what’s at stake
for North Carolina if
the bill passes.
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