In 2007, the passage of Senate Bill 3 (SB 3) in North Carolina required that all of the state’s public electric utilities increase the percentage of electricity generated from new renewable energy sources. The Beacon Hill Institute in conjunction with the John Locke Foundation has set out to estimate the costs and benefits of SB 3 and its impact on the state’s economy.
The Economic Impact of North Carolina’s Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard
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Budget, Taxation, and the Economy
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Education
- Apprenticeships
- Charter Schools
- Child Care
- Childhood Health and Nutrition
- Class Size
- Common Core State Standards
- Education and the Workforce
- Education Facilities
- Federal Education Policy
- Higher Education Funding
- North Carolina Education Lottery
- Prekindergarten Education
- Public School Finance
- School Choice
- Standards and Curricula
- Teaching Profession
- Testing and Accountability
- Virtual Schools
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Government Regulation
- Alcohol Policy
- Asset Forfeiture
- Connectivity and Broadband
- Convention and Event Centers
- Criminal Law Reform
- Electricity and Energy
- Emerging Ideas and the Sharing Economy
- Eminent Domain
- Government Accountability
- Occupational Licensing
- Public Transit
- Publicly Funded Stadiums
- Red Tape and Regulatory Reform
- Transportation Planning
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Health Care
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