Cohort 2: Energy
The Issue at Hand
The climate has come to the forefront of American life, and it influences North Carolina all the way from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Eastern coastline. However, there is discourse among state leaders about climate change, what it is or isn’t, and to what degree North Carolina should act. Beyond that, the climate is massively influential in our economy, family lives, and collective future.
NCLF brought 37 leaders from across the state to meet five times between September 2017 and May 2018 including three times for two-day meetings at Duke University, in Kinston, and in Asheville, and for two day-long meetings at Duke. Participants included philanthropists, CEOs, mayors, legislators, and more to discuss North Carolina’s energy use.
The climate has come to the forefront of American life, and it influences North Carolina all the way from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Eastern coastline. However, there is discourse among state leaders about climate change, what it is or isn’t, and to what degree North Carolina should act. Beyond that, the climate is massively influential in our economy, family lives, and collective future.
NCLF brought 37 leaders from across the state to meet five times between September 2017 and May 2018 including three times for two-day meetings at Duke University, in Kinston, and in Asheville, and for two day-long meetings at Duke. Participants included philanthropists, CEOs, mayors, legislators, and more to discuss North Carolina’s energy use.
Cohort 2: Energy Final Report
This report summarizes the proceedings and findings of the second year of NCLF. During five sessions, we explored the question, “How can North Carolina best meet its future energy needs?”
After much discussion, the report outlines widespread agreement and disagreement on energy issues including: Climate Change, Electricity Regulation and Competition, Energy Poverty and Inequity, Energy for Transportation. Each section lists policies that participants overwhelmingly supported, were divided on, and largely opposed.
Following the policy discussion, there is a section regarding what was learned. From participants saying “I would never have had that kind of opportunity—or rather, taken that opportunity—to engage with someone so far out of my social circle/echo chamber” to the NCLF Steering Committee’s notes on how energy’s technical complexity changed the nature of the conversation, substantial information is present for other forums, for North Carolinians, and for those interested in energy.
Cohort 2: Energy Final Report
This report summarizes the proceedings and findings of the second year of NCLF. During five sessions, we explored the question, “How can North Carolina best meet its future energy needs?”
After much discussion, the report outlines widespread agreement and disagreement on energy issues including: Climate Change, Electricity Regulation and Competition, Energy Poverty and Inequity, Energy for Transportation. Each section lists policies that participants overwhelmingly supported, were divided on, and largely opposed.
Following the policy discussion, there is a section regarding what was learned. From participants saying “I would never have had that kind of opportunity—or rather, taken that opportunity—to engage with someone so far out of my social circle/echo chamber” to the NCLF Steering Committee’s notes on how energy’s technical complexity changed the nature of the conversation, substantial information is present for other forums, for North Carolinians, and for those interested in energy.
Participants from Cohort 2
Melanie Allen, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
Ian Baltutis, Mayor of Burlington
Tamara Barringer, N.C. Senate
Anita Brown-Graham*, U.N.C. School of Government
Brian Buzby, N.C. Conservation Network
Algenon Cash, Wharton Gladden
Jack Cecil, Biltmore Farms LLC
Jay Chaudhuri, N.C. Senate
Adrienne Cole, Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
Jennifer Copeland, N.C. Council of Churches
Courtney Crowder, Crowder Consulting
Natalie English, Wilmington Chamber of Commerce
Greg Fishel, Capitol Broadcasting
David Fountain, Duke Energy
Rick Glazier, N.C. Justice Center
Maurice “Mo” Green*, Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
Hank Henning, Guilford County Board of Commissioners
Mike Hager, former NCGA member
Reginald Holley, The Longmire Group
John Hood*, John William Pope Foundation
Angie Maier, North Carolina Pork Council
Esther Manheimer, Mayor of Asheville
Marilynn Marsh-Robinson, Environmental Defense Fund
Julie Mayfield, Asheville City Council
Graig Meyer, N.C. House of Representatives
Arthur Morehead*, The Duke Endowment
BJ Murphy, Mayor of Kinston
Chuck Neely*, Williams Mullen, former NCGA member
Art Pope, John William Pope Foundation
Michael S. Regan, N.C. Department of Environmental Quality
Jack Sommer, UNC-Charlotte
John Szoka, N.C. House of Representatives
Jack Temple, Tailored Chemical Products, Inc.
Ivan Urlaub, N.C. Sustainable Energy Association
Glen Webb, Pitt County Board of Commissioners
Leslie Winner*, Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, former NCGA member
Curtis Wynn, Roanoke Electric Cooperative
Melanie Allen, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
Ian Baltutis, Mayor of Burlington
Tamara Barringer, N.C. Senate
Anita Brown-Graham*, U.N.C. School of Government
Brian Buzby, N.C. Conservation Network
Algenon Cash, Wharton Gladden
Jack Cecil, Biltmore Farms LLC
Jay Chaudhuri, N.C. Senate
Adrienne Cole, Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
Jennifer Copeland, N.C. Council of Churches
Courtney Crowder, Crowder Consulting
Natalie English, Wilmington Chamber of Commerce
Greg Fishel, Capitol Broadcasting
David Fountain, Duke Energy
Rick Glazier, N.C. Justice Center
Maurice “Mo” Green*, Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
Hank Henning, Guilford County Board of Commissioners
Mike Hager, former NCGA member
Reginald Holley, The Longmire Group
John Hood*, John William Pope Foundation
Angie Maier, North Carolina Pork Council
Esther Manheimer, Mayor of Asheville
Marilynn Marsh-Robinson, Environmental Defense Fund
Julie Mayfield, Asheville City Council
Graig Meyer, N.C. House of Representatives
Arthur Morehead*, The Duke Endowment
BJ Murphy, Mayor of Kinston
Chuck Neely*, Williams Mullen, former NCGA member
Art Pope, John William Pope Foundation
Michael S. Regan, N.C. Department of Environmental Quality
Jack Sommer, UNC-Charlotte
John Szoka, N.C. House of Representatives
Jack Temple, Tailored Chemical Products, Inc.
Ivan Urlaub, N.C. Sustainable Energy Association
Glen Webb, Pitt County Board of Commissioners
Leslie Winner*, Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, former NCGA member
Curtis Wynn, Roanoke Electric Cooperative
Melanie Allen, Mary Reynolds Babcock
Foundation
Ian Baltutis, Mayor of Burlington
Tamara Barringer, N.C. Senate
Anita Brown-Graham*, U.N.C. School of
Government
Brian Buzby, N.C. Conservation Network
Algenon Cash, Wharton Gladden
Jack Cecil, Biltmore Farms LLC
Jay Chaudhuri, N.C. Senate
Adrienne Cole, Greater Raleigh
Chamber of Commerce
Jennifer Copeland, N.C. Council of
Churches
Courtney Crowder, Crowder Consulting
Natalie English, Wilmington Chamber
of Commerce
Greg Fishel, Capitol Broadcasting
David Fountain, Duke Energy
Rick Glazier, N.C. Justice Center
Maurice “Mo” Green*, Z. Smith
Reynolds Foundation
Hank Henning, Guilford County Board
of Commissioners
Mike Hager, former NCGA member
Reginald Holley, The Longmire Group
John Hood*, John William Pope
Foundation
Angie Maier, North Carolina Pork
Council
Esther Manheimer, Mayor of Asheville
Marilynn Marsh-Robinson, Environmental
Defense Fund
Julie Mayfield, Asheville City Council
Graig Meyer, N.C. House of
Representatives
Arthur Morehead*, The Duke
Endowment
BJ Murphy, Mayor of Kinston
Chuck Neely*, Williams Mullen, former
NCGA member
Art Pope, John William Pope Foundation
Michael S. Regan, N.C. Department of
Environmental Quality
Jack Sommer, UNC-Charlotte
John Szoka, N.C. House of
Representatives
Jack Temple, Tailored Chemical
Products, Inc.
Ivan Urlaub, N.C. Sustainable Energy
Association
Glen Webb, Pitt County Board of
Commissioners
Leslie Winner*, Z. Smith Reynolds
Foundation, former NCGA member
Curtis Wynn, Roanoke Electric
Cooperative
*Denotes NCLF Steering Committee Member
Supplements
Policy Memos
The John Locke Foundation, North Carolina Justice Center, 350.org, Duke Energy, Sierra Club, and the NC Sustainable Energy Association put together solutions that were presented and discussed at the Forum. The groups proposed policies on Energy Equity, Climate Change, Natural Gas Futures, Electricity Regulation, and Electric Vehicles.
Policy Memos
The John Locke Foundation, North Carolina Justice Center, 350.org, Duke Energy, Sierra Club, and the NC Sustainable Energy Association put together solutions that were presented and discussed at the Forum. The groups proposed policies on Energy Equity, Climate Change, Natural Gas Futures, Electricity Regulation, and Electric Vehicles.
Background Research
A data supplement was provided to participants, prepared by the Regulatory Assistance Project in June 2016. The paper, titled “Eletricity Regulation in the US,” overviews the purpose of utility regulation, history of regulation, industry structure, what is regulated, and more.
Background Research
A data supplement was provided to participants, prepared by the Regulatory Assistance Project in June 2016. The paper, titled “Eletricity Regulation in the US,” overviews the purpose of utility regulation, history of regulation, industry structure, what is regulated, and more.
Videos
Participants were presented seven videos throughout the forum, listed below. Each story captured a different aspect of the problem and revealed how multifaceted the challenge was that we were seeking to address. The stories also reminded us that real people and their struggles often do not fit neatly into any single explanation we might have for why they struggle.
Videos
Participants were presented seven videos throughout the forum, listed below. Each story captured a different aspect of the problem and revealed how multifaceted the challenge was that we were seeking to address. The stories also reminded us that real people and their struggles often do not fit neatly into any single explanation we might have for why they struggle.
Amazon Wind Farm
Electricity Need
Help with Insulation
Light Rail
Amazon Wind Farm
Electricity Need
Help with Insulation
Light Rail
Amazon Wind Farm
Electricity Need
Help with Insulation
Light Rail
Bill Brown & NET Power
Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Okracoke Microgrid
Bill Brown & NET Power
Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Okracoke Microgrid
