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Across North Carolina, offshore energy exploration is being discussed.  CEA’s Michael Whatley shared the positive impact this will have on lowering energy prices and creating jobs throughout the state.

“A sensible, robust energy policy will provide a much needed boost at a time when North Carolina’s middle class is struggling,” added Michael Whatley, executive vice president of the Consumer Energy Alliance. “An all-of-the-above approach, which includes offshore energy development, will create tens of thousands of quality, living-wage jobs and generate billions of dollars for the state’s economy.”

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