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2015-16 biennium <br /> LEGISLATIVE GOALS PROPOSAL FORM <br /> 104 Counties (i All proposals due to NCACC by Sept. 19, 2014 <br /> r = w — ° Mail to: NCACC, Attn. Johanna Reese, 215 N. Dawson St., Raleigh, NC <br /> ' One State 27603; <br /> E-mail form and documentation to: ncacc @ncacc.org <br /> Fax to: (919) 733-1065 <br /> You may attach additional documentation that supports or Legislative Goals <br /> explains the goal in further detail. Each form must be Sept. 19: Deadline for <br /> accompanied by at least one of the following: submission of proposals <br /> • An adopted resolution by the Board of Commissioners; <br /> • A letter from the Board Chairman on behalf of the Board; September/Octobe <br /> • A letter from the president of an affiliate organization; Steering Committees <br /> goals review <br /> November: Legislative <br /> Go. Committee review <br /> r:a:t 7/14 N ame of county: Orange steering committee <br /> recommendations <br /> Name and title of person submitting goal: December: Board <br /> Directors package <br /> Greg Wilder,Assistant to Manager for Legislative Affairs <br /> to be presented • full <br /> membership. <br /> Phone: 919-245-2300 <br /> E-mail: gwilder @orangecountync.go`__ Membership adopts goals <br /> Goals at Legislative <br /> Goal title: Agriculture/Solar Energy Conference in Moore <br /> Goal description (what is the problem being addressed?): County. <br /> Support legislation providing renewable energy initiatives to create a <br /> market for agricultural-sourced energy credits and provide incentives for <br /> farmers to produce renewable energy,which will become increasingly <br /> important to preserving and strengthening the agricultural economy and Select Steering Committee(s) <br /> rural infrastructure as well as maintaining rural heritage and culture. The you may choose more than one <br /> lack of continued effective solar energy incentives is a lost opportunity <br /> for all North Carolinians, but this is especially true for the agricultural X_Agriculture <br /> sector. Farmers use a lot of electrical power and are uniquely <br /> positioned to become energy producers. Every south-facing barn roof is _Environment <br /> a candidate for a photo-voltaic(PV) array, and farms usually have open <br /> acreage that can support a stand-alone PV array. In addition, supports _X_General Government <br /> legislation keeping the amount of renewable energy certificates <br /> purchased from in-state and out-of-state facilities to meet the _Health & Human <br /> requirement of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Services <br /> Standards at current levels or reducing them to fifteen percent(15%) <br /> Justice & Public Safety <br /> L y staff contact if other than submitter: Public Education <br /> a Baker, Clerk to the Board, 919-245-2130 Tax& Finance <br />