We’re working to ensure the state’s transition to a clean energy economy is affordable for all North Carolinians regardless of wealth or background.
North Carolina is undergoing a transition to clean, renewable electricity. Unfortunately, the plan under review (led by Duke Energy) fails to take equity and justice into full and fair account. If it goes into effect, low-wealth North Carolinians, who are disproportionately people of color, face steep increases in electricity rates, threatening to leave many more without the power they need to fuel their lives. What’s more, the state is failing to meaningfully include these communities in its planning process and isn’t centering electricity customers can generate on their own.
Our Campaign for Energy Justice aims to address these problems by reducing barriers to public participation in the state’s energy plan and ensuring that all North Carolinians have access to affordable electricity — including electricity they generate on their own — as North Carolina moves away from oil, gas, and dirty sources of energy and toward cleaner sources like wind and solar power.
Make your voice heard! Tell the North Carolina Utilities Commission what you want in a carbon plan. Use our “How-To” guide to get started.
Experts weigh in on affordable energy in North Carolina.
The North Carolina Council of Churches submitted public comment on Duke Energy’s proposed decarbonization plan.
North Carolina Interfaith Power & Light submitted a petition to intervene on Duke Energy’s proposed decarbonization plan.
