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ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK FOR CLEAN ENERGY? Representatives Dean Arp, John Szoka, and Sam Watford introduced House Bill 589, “Competitive Energy Solutions for North Carolina” during the 2017 session. This bill took small steps towards increasing the role solar plays in the state’s energy mix by creating a competitive bidding process and by expanding rooftop solar. Senator Harry Brown added a moratorium on wind energy projects, claiming NC’s military operations would be under threat by wind turbines. Senator Brown used the once bipartisan supported clean energy bill as an attempt to pit solar against wind. Governor Cooper refused to allow Brown to claim victory: after signing H589 into law, Cooper immediately issued an executive order to the Dept. of Environmental Quality asking for the expedition of wind project permits. No 18-month ban will stop this clean energy source from moving forward. WATER, AIR, AND HEALTH Legislators continued to put the water, air, and health of North Carolinians at risk throughout the 2017 legislative long session. State lawmakers approved a bill that would allow companies to spray “garbage juice” into our air; passed a policy that limits the amount of financial compensation a resident or property owner can receive for detrimental health and livelihood impacts in hog pollution or other nuisance cases; and thumbed their noses at local control over environmental safeguards by prohibiting state regulators from making stricter water quality rules than the federal standards (assuming those even exist). Overall, leaders of the General Assembly showed a lack of empathy for their constituents and clear preference for polluters with deep pockets in 2017. Since 1999, the NC League of Conservation Voters issues an annual Legislative Scorecard showing how state legislators voted on critical environmental bills during the session. Because the NC General Assembly operates on a biennial (two-year) calendar, with a long session in the first year and a short session in 2017 the second, NCLCV is refocusing our accountability tools to reflect the ongoing nature of legislative work. PROGRESS Following each long legislative session, NCLCV will release a progress report to highlight the issues (i.e. water, clean energy, environmental justice) legislators REPORT championed based on their votes and bill sponsorships. During the even, short-session years, NCLCV will issue its traditional full Legislative Scorecard detailing the complete work of the General Assembly over the two-year cycle. We feel this will provide a more accurate reflection of how our environmental values fared on Jones Street. PO Box 12671, Raleigh, NC 27605 • 919-839-0006 • nclcv.org 1 REPRESENTATIVES LIFETIME REPRESENTATIVE PARTY DISTRICT COUNTY CHAMPION ISSUES SCORE % JAY ADAMS R 96 Catawba 9 GALE ADCOCK D 41 Wake 82 JOHN AGER D 115 Buncombe 100 KELLY ALEXANDER, JR. D 107 Mecklenburg 78 DEAN ARP R 69 Union 3 JOHN AUTRY D 100 Mecklenburg N/A CYNTHIA BALL D 49 Wake N/A CHAZ BEASLEY D 92 Mecklenburg N/A MARY BELK D 88 Mecklenburg N/A JOHN BELL, IV R 10 Craven, Greene, 0 Lenoir, Wayne LARRY BELL D 21 Duplin, Sampson, 72 Wayne MARYANN BLACK D 29 Durham N/A HUGH BLACKWELL R 86 Burke 20 JOHN BLUST R 62 Guilford 34 JAMES BOLES, JR. R 52 Moore 11 BEVERLY R 6 Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, N/A BOSWELL Washington JOHN BRADFORD, III R 98 Mecklenburg 9 WILLIAM BRAWLEY R 103 Mecklenburg 9 WILLIAM R 22 Bladen, Johnston, 37 BRISSON Sampson CECIL BROCKMAN D 60 Guilford 82 MARK BRODY R 55 Anson, Union 3 DANA BUMGARDNER R 109 Gaston 0 JUSTIN BURR R 67 Montgomery, Stanly 14 DEB BUTLER D 18 Brunswick, New N/A Hanover BECKY CARNEY D 102 Mecklenburg 79 MIKE CLAMPITT R 119 Haywood, Jackson, N/A Swain GEORGE CLEVELAND R 14 Onslow 28 WATER AIR HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDING JUSTICE GOOD GOVERNMENT TREE PROTECTIONS RENEWABLE ENERGY 2 Note: lifetime scores listed are through 2016. Lifetime scores will be updated for all elected officials after the 2018 legislative session. REPRESENTATIVES LIFETIME REPRESENTATIVE PARTY DISTRICT COUNTY CHAMPION ISSUES SCORE % JEFF COLLINS R 25 Franklin, Nash 4 DEBRA CONRAD R 74 Forsyth 3 KEVIN CORBIN R 120 Cherokee, Clay, N/A Graham, Macon CARLA CUNNINGHAM D 106 Mecklenburg 83 TED DAVIS, JR. R 19 New Hanover 5 JIMMY DIXON R 4 Duplin, Wayne 5 JOSH DOBSON R 85 Avery, McDowell, 13 Mitchell NELSON DOLLAR R 36 Wake 37 ANDY DULIN R 104 Mecklenburg N/A BEVERLY EARLE D 101 Mecklenburg 76 JEFFREY ELMORE R 94 Alleghany, Wilkes 0 JOHN FAIRCLOTH R 61 Guilford 5 JEAN FARMER- BUTTERFIELD D 24 Pitt, Wilson 86 SUSAN FISHER D 114 Buncombe 95 ELMER FLOYD D 43 Cumberland 74 CARL FORD R 76 Cabarrus, Rowan 3 JOHN FRALEY R 95 Iredell 9 TERRY GARRISON D 32 Granville, Vance, N/A Warren ROSA GILL D 33 Wake 94 Hoke, Montgomery, KEN GOODMAN D 66 Richmond, Robeson, 51 Scotland CHARLES GRAHAM D 47 Robeson 81 GEORGE D 12 Craven, Greene, 81 GRAHAM Lenoir HOLLY GRANGE R 20 New Hanover N/A DESTIN HALL R 87 Caldwell N/A DUANE HALL D 11 Wake 97 KYLE HALL R 91 Rockingham, Stokes N/A EDWARD HANES, JR. D 72 Forsyth 79 WATER AIR HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDING JUSTICE GOOD GOVERNMENT TREE PROTECTIONS RENEWABLE ENERGY PO Box 12671, Raleigh, NC 27605 • 919-839-0006 • nclcv.org 3 REPRESENTATIVES LIFETIME REPRESENTATIVE PARTY DISTRICT COUNTY CHAMPION ISSUES SCORE % JON HARDISTER R 59 Guilford 3 PRICEY HARRISON D 57 Guilford 100 KELLY HASTINGS R 110 Cleveland, Gaston 4 CODY HENSON R 113 Henderson, Polk, N/A Transylvania YVONNE LEWIS HOLLEY D 38 Wake 87 CRAIG HORN R 68 Union 11 JULIA HOWARD R 79 Davie, Forsyth 41 HOWARD D 5 Bertie, Gates, 60 HUNTER, III Hertford, Pasquotank PAT HURLEY R 70 Randolph 27 FRANK ILER R 17 Brunswick 13 VERLA INSKO D 56 Orange 98 DARREN JACKSON D 39 Wake 81 JOE JOHN D 40 Wake N/A LINDA JOHNSON R 83 Cabarrus 38 BERT JONES R 65 Caswell, Rockingham 6 BRENDEN JONES R 46 Bladen, Columbus, N/A Robeson JONATHAN JORDAN R 93 Ashe, Watauga 13 DONNY LAMBETH R 75 Forsyth 0 DAVID LEWIS R 53 Harnett 32 MARVIN LUCAS D 42 Cumberland 75 CHRIS MALONE R 35 Wake 13 GRIER MARTIN D 34 Wake 97 SUSAN MARTIN R 8 Pitt, Wilson 3 PAT MCELRAFT R 13 Carteret, Jones 20 CHUCK MCGRADY R 117 Henderson 60 ALLEN MCNEILL R 78 Moore, Randolph 3 GRAIG MEYER D 50 Durham, Orange 91 WATER AIR HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDING JUSTICE GOOD GOVERNMENT TREE PROTECTIONS RENEWABLE ENERGY 4 Note: lifetime scores listed are through 2016. Lifetime scores will be updated for all elected officials after the 2018 legislative session. REPRESENTATIVES LIFETIME REPRESENTATIVE PARTY DISTRICT COUNTY CHAMPION ISSUES SCORE % MICKEY MICHAUX, JR. D 31 Durham 81 CHRIS MILLIS R 16 Onslow, Pender 0 RODNEY MOORE D 99 Mecklenburg 57 TIM MOORE R 111 Cleveland 27 MARCIA MOREY D 30 Durham N/A GREGORY MURPHY R 9 Pitt N/A GARLAND PIERCE D 48 Hoke, Richmond, 80 Robeson, Scotland LARRY PITTMAN R 82 Cabarrus 9 LARRY POTTS R 81 Davidson N/A MICHELE R 118 Haywood, Madison, 0 PRESNELL Yancey AMOS QUICK, III D 58 Guilford N/A ROBERT REIVES, II D 54 Chatham, Lee 87 BOBBIE RICHARDSON D 7 Franklin, Nash 93 WILLIAM RICHARDSON D 44 Cumberland N/A DENNIS RIDDELL R 64 Alamance 0 DAVID ROGERS R 112 Burke, Rutherford N/A STEPHEN ROSS R 63 Alamance 4 JASON SAINE R 97 Lincoln 5 JOHN SAULS R 51 Harnett, Lee N/A MITCHELL SETZER R 89 Catawba 35 PHIL SHEPARD R 15 Onslow 6 MICHAEL R 3 Beaufort, Craven, 13 SPECIALE Pamlico Camden, Chowan, BOB STEINBURG R 1 Currituck, Pasquotank, 10 Perquimans, Tyrrell SARAH STEVENS R 90 Surry, Wilkes 17 SCOTT STONE R 105 Mecklenburg N/A LARRY STRICKLAND R 28 Johnston N/A JOHN SZOKA R 45 Cumberland 6 WATER AIR HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDING JUSTICE GOOD GOVERNMENT TREE PROTECTIONS RENEWABLE ENERGY PO Box 12671, Raleigh, NC 27605 • 919-839-0006 • nclcv.org 5 REPRESENTATIVES LIFETIME REPRESENTATIVE PARTY DISTRICT COUNTY CHAMPION ISSUES SCORE % EVELYN TERRY D 71 Forsyth 97 JOHN TORBETT R 108 Gaston 7 BRIAN TURNER D 116 Buncombe 100 RENA TURNER R 84 Iredell 3 HARRY WARREN R 77 Rowan 4 SAM WATFORD R 80 Davidson 9 DONNA MCDOWELL WHITE R 26 Johnston N/A LINDA HUNT WILLIAMS R 37 Wake N/A SHELLY WILLINGHAM D 23 Edgecombe, Martin 94 MICHAEL WRAY D 27 Halifax, Northampton 70 LARRY YARBOROUGH R 2 Granville, Person 9 LEE ZACHARY R 73 Alexander, Wilkes, 10 Yadkin WATER AIR HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDING JUSTICE GOOD GOVERNMENT TREE PROTECTIONS RENEWABLE ENERGY 6 Note: lifetime scores listed are through 2016. Lifetime scores will be updated for all elected officials after the 2018 legislative session. SENATORS LIFETIME SENATOR PARTY DISTRICT COUNTY CHAMPION ISSUES SCORE % JOHN ALEXANDER, JR. R 15 Wake 20 DEANNA R 45 Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, 0 BALLARD Caldwell, Watauga CHAD BAREFOOT R 18 Franklin, Wake 5 TAMARA BARRINGER R 17 Wake 18 PHIL BERGER R 26 Guilford, Rockingham 29 DAN BISHOP R 39 Mecklenburg N/A DAN BLUE D 14 Wake 85 DANNY BRITT, JR. R 13 Columbus, Robeson N/A ANDREW BROCK R 34 Davie, Iredell, Rowan 25 HARRY BROWN R 6 Jones, Onslow 22 ANGELA BRYANT D 4 Halifax, Nash, Vance, 88 Warren, Wilson JAY CHAUDHURI D 16 Wake 100 BEN CLARK D 21 Cumberland, Hoke 54 Beaufort, Camden, Currituck, Dare, Gates, BILL COOK R 1 Hyde, Pasquotank, 5 Perquimans DAVID CURTIS R 44 Gaston, Iredell, 0 Lincoln WARREN DANIEL R 46 Burke, Cleveland 5 DON DAVIS D 5 Greene, Lenoir, Pitt, 80 Wayne Cherokee, Clay, Graham, JIM DAVIS R 50 Haywood, Jackson, 6 Macon, Swain CATHY DUNN R 33 Davidson, N/A Montgomery CHUCK Buncombe, Henderson, N/A EDWARDS R 48 Transylvania JOEL FORD D 38 Mecklenburg 62 VALERIE FOUSHEE D 23 Chatham, Orange 94 RICK GUNN R 24 Alamance, Randolph 2 KATHY HARRINGTON R 43 Gaston 3 Madison, McDowell, RALPH HISE R 47 Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, 3 Yancey RICK HORNER R 11 Johnston, Nash, N/A Wilson WATER AIR HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDING JUSTICE GOOD GOVERNMENT RENEWABLE ENERGY PO Box 12671, Raleigh, NC 27605 • 919-839-0006 • nclcv.org 7 SENATORS LIFETIME SENATOR PARTY DISTRICT COUNTY CHAMPION ISSUES SCORE % BRENT JACKSON R 10 Duplin, Johnston, 5 Sampson JEFF JACKSON D 37 Mecklenburg 88 JOYCE KRAWIEC R 31 Forsyth, Yadkin 0 MICHAEL LEE R 9 New Hanover 0 PAUL LOWE, JR.