Five of Duke Energy’s seven coal-fired plants in North Carolina would be replaced by energy storage and natural gas under a bill before the state House.

A N.C. environmental panel approved a plan to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative while GOP legislators in Pennsylvania sought to block such a move.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper called for 2.8 GW of offshore wind by 2030 and 8 GW by 2040, citing clean energy goals, economic development opportunities.