David Boraks
David Boraks is a WFAE weekend host and a producer for "Charlotte Talks." He's a veteran Charlotte-area journalist who has worked part-time at WFAE since 2007 and for other outlets including DavidsonNews.net and The Charlotte Observer.
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A group of North Carolina solar installers is challenging Duke Energy's proposal to change the way rooftop solar owners are paid for electricity. They say it would hurt business and hamper the state's climate change efforts.
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The latest round of applications for Duke Energy solar rebates in January was as competitive as ever and most customers came away empty handed — again. There's one more application period in July before the five-year program ends.
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North Carolina candidates have been welcomed back into election offices to file for this year’s races following a delay that lasted over two months. But in Charlotte, Gov. Roy Cooper said the state needs an independent way to draw political districts.
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The way North Carolina's big electric companies set rates is changing in a big way. State regulators adopted rules last week to carry out a new law that among other things lets utilities seek multi-year rate plans and earn performance-based bonuses.
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Transportation has overtaken electricity generation as the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in North Carolina. That's according to an updated greenhouse gas inventory published this week by state environmental regulators.
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Environmental and citizens groups have filed a federal court appeal in hopes of stopping a half-billion-dollar bridge proposed at North Carolina's Outer Banks. And they're citing sea level rise as an argument.
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State regulators have laid out the schedule for a yearlong process that's supposed to close coal-fired power plants and transform the electricity business in the Carolinas to address climate change.
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As local governments across the country puzzle over how to eliminate their use of electricity generated by fossil fuels, the North Carolina town of Boone has met that goal.
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Two new North Carolina solar farms owned by a subsidiary of Duke Energy have begun generating electricity. And for the first time, they're selling it to the company's regulated consumer side.
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Greenidge Generation uses massive computer server farms to mine the cryptocurrency Bitcoin. It's planning a $264 million data center near Spartanburg, South Carolina.