Smart Energy Primer

Energy efficiency is a key priority in this legislative session for the NC Conservation Network and many of our allies.  We've been working with Public Alert members to make sure the legislature deals with this important issue, and we've been successful in getting legislation introduced. 

In fact, there are now 17 bills in the legislative process that promote smart energy choices.  To help wade through all of this legislation, our friends at the NC Sustainable Energy Association have produced a handy legislative guide.  In their words:

The 2006 Sustainable Energy Legislative Guide can be used for asking legislators to vote for critical sustainable energy legislation and as a basis for discussing NC’s energy future with them.  Why aren't we more efficient when efficiency costs less?  Why should we continue to allow our narrow dependency on oil, coal and nuclear to drive up our energy prices with nothing in return? How do rising prices for more of the same types of energy we already use make us more secure?  Why do our energy regulations and green power program severely restrict our use of renewable energy?

Check out the guide, and be sure to tell your legislators that you want smart energy!