Nine companies and five organizations signed a letter to the General Assembly and Gov. Roy Cooper urging the adoption of House Bill 503, which would appropriate $500,000 for such a study…The letter’s signers included Sierra Nevada and New Belgium breweries, Nestlé, Unilever, outdoor retailer REI, Marriott hotels, Carolina Solar Energy, Yarotek, and SJF Ventures. Besides CEBA, the organizations were Ceres, E2, Chambers for Innovation and Clean Energy and the Carolina Utility Customers Association.