A coalition of environmental groups is challenging North Carolina’s decision to pause new solar projects as the state wrestles with rising energy demand and soaring power prices.
Led by the Southern Environmental Law Center, the group filed a motion Thursday in the Wake County Superior Court. The organizations are challenging North Carolina Utilities Commission Chair William Brawley’s April order to suspend the state’s procurement of solar power generation and battery storage.
“The state utilities commission issued an unconstitutional order that blocks low-cost, reliable and homegrown solar and storage energy resources for North Carolinians,” Nick Jimenez, a SELC senior attorney, said in a statement.
A spokesperson for the utilities commission declined to comment for this story.
