Clean energy groups challenge NC Utilities Commission chair's order to pause solar projects

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Clean energy advocacy groups including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy have challenged an April 23 order by North Carolina Utilities Commission Chairman Bill Brawley that pauses Duke Energy's 2026 solar procurement process. The groups argue the chairman lacks unilateral authority to make such a substantive decision without public hearing or input from parties of record. The pause threatens solar capacity expansion in North Carolina amid rising power bills and federal rollbacks of renewable energy initiatives.