North Carolina has clear opportunities to reduce growing flood risks by better aligning state planning, expanding nature-based solutions and ensuring insurance rate-setting processes remain fair and transparent. By using stronger data to guide decisions and targeting investments where they will have the greatest impact, the state can lower long-term costs while strengthening infrastructure and community resilience. Building on tools like the Flood Resiliency Blueprint led by the Department of Environmental Quality can help direct investments to reduce risk, restore natural defenses, and guide smarter development away from high-risk areas.
Learn more about how North Carolina is advancing flood resilience, including the Flood Resiliency Blueprint and other efforts to reduce risk and protect communities statewide.
Decisions made through resource planning, rate cases, and infrastructure investments will shape electricity costs and grid reliability across North Carolina. Duke energy is currently seeking rate increases while planning new gas plants to meet growing demand from large load users like data centers, leading to skyrocketing customer bills. By prioritizing affordable, reliable, and cost-effective clean energy resources and battery storage, North Carolina can support continued economic growth while protecting residential customers and maintaining a resilient and reliable grid.
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- New analysis: Senate Bill 730 forces North Carolinians to underwrite $128 million per year for Duke's aging coal plants
- How to make the data center buildout in North Carolina cleaner, cheaper and more predictable - Climate 411
- Grid expectations: Re-wiring Duke Energy's rate case for a clean energy future - Climate 411
North Carolina can reduce wildfire risk, protect communities from smoke, and strengthen evacuation planning by taking proactive steps to better manage forests. As climate change increases fire danger across parts of the state, strategies such as prescribed fire and forest ecosystem restoration can reduce fuel loads and make forests less vulnerable to extreme fire conditions. With programs like the Disaster Mitigation Program, which was updated in 2026 in response to the damages from Hurricane Helene, North Carolina can continue scaling these efforts for stronger statewide solutions.
Learn more about how EDF is advancing solutions to reduce wildfire risk, protect communities from smoke, and strengthen resilience, and how these strategies can be applied in North Carolina.