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Attachment 6 DURHAM BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS "eil C'411/1��' For the North Carolina General Assembly to enact policies and budgetary decisions that support a sustainable and clean energy economy for our state; and To strengthen the energy building code for new and renovated buildings and incentivize energy efficiency for existing buildings. SECTION 3: The County calls on Duke Energy, other utilities, and the NC Utility Commission to work with local governments, the NC General Assembly, and the Governor's Office to develop and implement a strategy to achieve the goals laid out in Sections 1 and 2. As nearly all County electricity is supplied by Duke Energy, it is imperative that our electric utility show leadership by aggressively increasing the percentage of renewable energy in the state. SECTION 4: The County calls on the federal government to establish a national transition from fossil fuels to 100 percent clean renewable energy for all energy sectors by 2050 and 80 percent clean renewable energy for all energy sectors by 2030. To facilitate and accelerate this transition, the County urges our Congressional representatives to support federal fee-and-dividend carbon legislation that levies an annually increasing revenue neutral fee on the carbon in fossil fuels at the point of production and importation that would be sufficient to: Encourage individuals and corporations to produce and use less fossil fuels; and Make the transition from fossil fuels less onerous to consumers and to the economy by returning all the revenues gained from the fee to Americans on an equitable basis; and Reduce US CO2-equivalent emissions to 40 percent of 1990 levels by 2020; and Encourage similar actions by other nations trading with the United States. This 131h day of November 2018. - " ct-e7'�- - �/' We s, Chair James thilY,Jr., Vice-Chair Heidi Carter, Commissioner Brenda A. H rton, Commissioner Ellen Reckhow, Commissioner ■ �•! �1t