N.C. utility consumer advocate is retiring – The News & Observer
- February 25th, 2011
Robert Gruber, one of the nation’s longest-serving public advocates in utility matters, is stepping down as the state’s top consumer advocate.
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NC voters reject rate hike bill, poll says – News Release by Consumers Against Rate Hikes
- February 23rd, 2011
A new poll shows that 70% of voters across North Carolina firmly reject a proposal to make it easier for Duke Energy and Progress Energy to build new nuclear power plants.
Scientists connect global warming to extreme rain – Associated Press
- February 16th, 2011
Extreme rainstorms and snowfalls have grown substantially stronger, two studies suggest, with scientists for the first time finding the telltale fingerprints of man-made global warming on downpours that often cause deadly flooding.
Large Power Plants Sit Idle in North Carolina while Duke Wants to Raise Rates to Build New Ones – News Release by NC WARN
- February 16th, 2011
Duke Energy has a hefty surplus of generation capacity; it should promptly retire at least one newer coal-burning plant and stop trying to build nuclear reactors.
NC WARN News Release
Too Much Baseload Legal Brief
Consumers Against Rate Hikes – News Release by NC WARN
- February 3rd, 2011
A loose-knit group of organizations representing diverse interests is taking pre-emptive action against proposed annual rate hikes by Duke Energy and Progress Energy.
Duke’s Rogers Implicated in Indiana Scandal – The Indianapolis Star
- February 2nd, 2011
Despite state law that sharply restricts private communication between regulators and company officials on pending cases, Rogers, Turner and another Duke executive met last February for breakfast, and during the meeting, the Duke executives told Hardy that the power plant was facing a $530 million cost overrun.
Groups don’t want utilities to raise rates to build nuclear plants – WRAL
- February 1st, 2011
Several organizations fired a pre-emptive strike Tuesday against plans by two North Carolina utilities.
Beware the bill for nuclear plants – The News & Observer
- February 1st, 2011
What appears to be a key driver behind the merger between Duke and Progress – building two nuclear reactors in South Carolina – would cost customers much more.
