Issue Position: Drill Here, Drill Now

Issue Position

DRILL HERE, DRILL NOW.

Energy exploration is both a source of job creation and economic growth, and we must continue to encourage it in our state. During the 2011-2012 legislative session, the legislature passed legislation that authorized the NC Mining & Energy Commission to develop a regulatory program for the exploration of oil and gas. Democrat Governor Beverly Perdue vetoed that bill, the Clean Energy & Economic Security Act, but the legislature was able to successfully override her job-killing veto. We continued to advance the process through legislation during the 2013 session. Aside from hydraulic fracturing helping our state become more energy independent, North Carolina could even use the revenue from energy production to supplant the current gas tax on motor fuel, so we can bring the average price of gas down across our state.

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