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n a rare state that
does not allow third-party electricity generation, a Greensboro church bucks
Duke Energy and state law to embrace clean energy.
A jovial ribbon-cutting ceremony at a small red brick church
in Greensboro, the third-largest city in North Carolina, was something of a
masquerade. It was really a bold stance for environmental justice.
The solar panels gleaming on the roof of Faith Community
Church are meant to generate power—and controversy—because they defy a state
law prohibiting anyone besides major utility companies from selling
electricity. It's not an outright ban on consumer solar panels, but it's close.
And it's backed by the energy giant Duke Energy.
Read the Inside
Climate News story - “N.C. Church Takes a Defiant Stand—With Solar Panels”.
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