Ruling could spell end of Cliffside project since Duke Energy admits it’s too costly to build a single coal-fired unit.
Archives for February 2008
Progress & Duke Promote Wastage to Build New Plants – The News and Observer
“Leave the lights on – what the heck!” The article below describes only one of several utility programs that encourage maximum electricity usage. Both Duke Energy and Progress Energy “are aggressively recruiting new customers for their programs” before the Utilities Commission bans them. Note that these “leave the lights on” …
Greenscam Alert: Duke Ad Implies Elimination of Greenhouse Gases, and Op-ed in Herald Sun
Blocked! $50 billion in toxic pork for nuclear energy axed from stimulus bill – Announcement from NC WARN
$50 billion in toxic pork for nuclear energy axed from stimulus bill Congressional negotiators in the House of Representatives and the Senate agreed late February 11 on a $789 billion stimulus bill but killed an attempt to squander $50 billion on new nuclear reactors. This result is a major victory …
North Carolina residents need straight talk from Duke Energy — Herald-Sun
N&O Avoided Inspector General’s Report – Letter to The News and Observer
February 6, 2008 Dear N&O Editors, The N&O missed the mark twice on Feb. 2 regarding Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Dale Klein’s visit to Raleigh and the Shearon Harris power plant. Both articles gave the political appointee public relations platforms to endorse the industry he’s supposed to regulate. Both failed …