The NC Utilities Commission is holding a public meeting on whether to approve a second methane gas powerplant in Person County. Join us at the hearing May 5, Roxboro NC (40 min. north of Durham)! 6pm social hour, 7pm- hearing. RSVP to let us know you’re coming: [email protected]

• Duke Energy has approved plans for one methane gas power plant in Person County, NC. (north of Durham) Now they want a second.
• Studies & Duke’s own estimates show the increase in demand in electricity is from industrial customers, especially data centers.
  • A gas lobbyist told NC legislators to make gas pipeline permitting faster, citing a new Microsoft data center nearby as a reason why.
• Duke customers should not have to pay for powerplants that serve big tech companies like MICROSOFT.
  • Microsoft can generate their own CLEAN electricity with solar plus storage.
• Not a sound investment of everyday people’s money, since the plant may not get fully used with the NC law to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Tell the NC Utilities Commission: No new gas plant!

How to comment:

1. Visit: ncuc.gov/contactus.html
2. Put your name, email address, and for the docket number, use: E-2 Sub 1349
3. Write your comment (check out talking points below). Tell them why you as a Duke Energy customer or local resident don’t want this new gas plant! Click submit

Some points to consider:

• Share your personal reasons you’re opposed. Mention if you are from an impacted community or a Duke customer (Share how higher billls have already affected you!)
• Reports show that North Carolina’s residential & industrial need for electricity can be met with efficiency and clean, renewable energy.
  • Solar & wind are more cost-effective alternatives to gas.
• Person County is burdened by pollution. This community is already impacted by the coal plant’s air pollution and coal ash leaching into groundwater.
  • • Duke Energy admitted the gas plants could increase the risk of cancer for nearby residents.
    • The area near the proposed site has significantly higher rates of infant and child mortality and babies born with a low birthweight, compared to the national avereage (97th percentile, 95th, and 90th, respectively).
    • The area has higher rates of stroke, cancer, chronic heart disease, and COPD than 70% of adults in the U.S.
• Local residents & Duke customers refuse to pay (with money & with our health) for powerplants that serve big tech companies like Microsoft. Microsoft can generate their own CLEAN electricity with solar + storage.
• Methane is as bad for our climate as coal. Over a 20 year period, Methane is 80x as powerful as carbon dioxide. It leaks from fracking, pipelines, and at powerplants. Continuing to use it will make climate change worse.

This gas plant would need a massive pipeline to fuel it. Right now, NC DEQ is considering whether to approve this pipeline. Its called T-15 pipeline. Take action: cwfnc.org/no-t15

Fact sheet about all proposed methane gas projects in Person County (including T-15).

Fact sheet about all pipeline projects in Rockingham County (including T-15, Southeast Supply Enhancement Project SSEP, and MVP Southgate). For more visit nossep.org

Take the next step! Write a letter-to-the-editor and submit it to your local paper. This lets your neighbors know about the pipeline, and what they can do to oppose it. Check out this letter-to-the-editor guide from Appalachian Voices.