Robert Gruber, one of the nation’s longest-serving public advocates in utility matters, is stepping down as the state’s top consumer advocate.
Archives for February 2011
NC voters reject rate hike bill, poll says – News Release by Consumers Against Rate Hikes
Scientists connect global warming to extreme rain – Associated Press
Large Power Plants Sit Idle in North Carolina while Duke Wants to Raise Rates to Build New Ones – News Release by NC WARN
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
Duke’s Rogers Implicated in Indiana Scandal – The Indianapolis Star
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
Beware the bill for nuclear plants — News & Observer
Op-Ed by Lynice Williams and Jim Warren. Recent news of a merger between Duke Energy and Progress Energy sets the stage for North Carolina to become home to the nation’s largest electric utility. They say the merger will save customers money by eliminating redundancy, but what appears to be a key driver behind the merger – building two nuclear reactors in South Carolina – would cost customers much more.