---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improve Air Quality/Electric Utilities."
description: "Improve Air Quality/Electric Utilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 1078"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1078 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "ELECTRICITY", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMN.", "FINES & PENALTIES", "FISCAL NOTES", "POLLUTION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC MEETINGS", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STUDIES", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN.", "SEN. CARTER", "SEN. METCALF", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-04"
last_action: "2002-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9f5bae6-38f4-46fc-a706-311f8f87ef6e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S1078&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "fad554f0d80dfc98adaab2153e770b1ed2d50aacd606d5db3f6a29262b43f999"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina SB 1078 (2001) — Improve Air Quality/Electric Utilities.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1078v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1078v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1078v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1078v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2002-4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1078v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **111–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Ballance — cosponsor (person)
- Ballantine — cosponsor (person)
- Berger — cosponsor (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Foxx — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Miller, B — cosponsor (person)
- Odom — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Rucho — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
- Wellons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2002-06-24** Ch. SL 2002-4 `became-law`
- **2002-06-24** Signed By Gov. 6/20/2002 `executive-signature`
- **2002-06-19** Pres. To Gov. 6/19/2002 `executive-receipt`
- **2002-06-19** Ratified
- **2002-06-18** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-13** Placed On Cal For 6/18/2002
- **2002-06-13** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2002-06-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-06-12** Amend Failed #1 `amendment-failure`
- **2002-06-11** Placed On Cal For 6/12/2002
- **2002-06-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-06-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-25** Ref to the Com on Public Utilities and, if favorable, to the Com on Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-19** Placed On Cal For 4/23/2001
- **2001-04-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-04-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-05** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9f5bae6-38f4-46fc-a706-311f8f87ef6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).