Source: Travis Fain, WRAL, 10/7/21

 The state legislature finalized sweeping energy legislation Thursday with a bipartisan vote on a bill meant to roll back carbon dioxide emissions in North Carolina. House Bill 951 calls for a 70 percent reduction in carbon outputs from the state's major power plants, as well as an overhaul in the state regulations that control rate increases. Between the two changes, Duke Energy's electricity rates will increase in the state, and critics said the bill doesn't do enough for low- income families who can't afford higher electricity bills.

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