Regarding today’s NC Supreme Court ruling against the NC WARN-Faith Community Church partnership in our two-year Solar Freedom test case:
It’s very unfortunate that Duke Energy remains able to protect its monopoly against clean competition and to keep stifling the growth of cheaper solar power across North Carolina.
In an age of accelerating climate crisis, state officials, the public, the news media and civic leaders all must finally begin to demand a clear and open dialogue about Duke’s ongoing, massive expansion of climate-wrecking fracked natural gas while it does the bare minimum in renewable energy.
That last fact obviously runs directly counter to the utility’s successful greenwashing campaign but is supported by official filings with state regulators, which show that Duke Energy plans to reach only 7 percent renewables over the next 15 years.
