---
type: "Bill"
title: "Energy Solutions for North Carolina."
description: "Energy Solutions for North Carolina."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 951"
citation: "North Carolina HB 951 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALTERNATIVE ENERGY", "APPROPRIATIONS", "BOARDS", "BUDGETING", "CHAPTERED", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "DEQ", "EDUCATION", "ELECTRICITY GENERATION & DISTRIBUTION", "ENVIRONMENT", "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "POLICY COLLABORATORY", "POLLUTION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STUDIES", "TITLE CHANGE", "UNC", "UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arp", "D. Hall", "Szoka"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-11"
last_action: "2021-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c34e245-0b54-4ca5-888d-4fb733df88af"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H951"
source_hash: "3545d6f83b905941a961450670239b133bdd042065443b6c1134d5e4f601d242"
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 HB 951 (2021) — Energy Solutions for North Carolina.

## Version chain

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

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H951v0.pdf)
2. **A2: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/52499/0/H951-A-NBC-9068)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H951v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H951v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H951v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H951v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H951v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2021-165** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H951v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **90–20** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **42–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arp — primary (person)
- D. Hall — primary (person)
- Szoka — primary (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-13** Ch. SL 2021-165 `became-law`
- **2021-10-13** Signed by Gov. 10/13/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-07** Pres. To Gov. 10/7/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-07** Ratified
- **2021-10-07** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-10-07** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-10-06** Placed On Cal For 10/07/2021
- **2021-10-06** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2021-10-06** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2021-10-06** Special Message Sent To House
- **2021-10-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-10-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-10-06** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2021-10-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-10-05** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-10-05** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-10-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-02** Re-ref to Agriculture, Energy, and Environment. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-02** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-07-19** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-07-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-07-19** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-07-16** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-07-15** Ordered Engrossed
- **2021-07-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-07-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-07-14** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-07-14** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-07-14** Added to Calendar
- **2021-07-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-07-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-13** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-07-13** Serial Referral To Appropriations Stricken
- **2021-07-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-12** Ref to the Com on Energy and Public Utilities, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c34e245-0b54-4ca5-888d-4fb733df88af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).