Jim Warren

Duke-Progress Merger OK’d by Appeals Court — News Release from NC WARN

March 4, 2014

The NC Court of Appeals today denied NC WARN’s challenge to the 2012 corporate merger that created the world’s largest electric utility. We believe the Court erred and we are likely to appeal to the NC Supreme Court.

Group to protest Duke Energy rates, pay-in-person fees — WNCN

February 28, 2014

The Triangle Duke Energy Action group will hold a rally Friday to call on Duke Energy to stop making people pay a fee if they pay their electric bills in person.

Duke Energy Action Group (DAG)

February 28, 2014

Activists will hold a rally Friday to call on Duke Energy to stop making people pay a fee if they pay their electric bills in person.The Triangle Duke Energy Action group plans to gather at a check cashing business in Durham to protest what they say are high rates.

NC WARN and the John Locke Foundation Team Up For Electricity Competition — WUNC

February 25, 2014

The State of Things host Frank Stasio talks with Jim Warren, NC WARN’s executive director, and Jon Sanders, the John Locke Foundation’s director of regulatory studies, about the two groups’ public forum calling for increased competition in the power industry and challenging Duke Energy’s monopoly on electricity in the state.

It’s abrupt climate change, stupid

February 17, 2014

This is not how it was supposed to happen. The standard climate change predictions said that people in the tropics and the sub-tropics would be badly hurt by global warming long before the people living in the temperate zones, farther away from the equator, were feeling much pain at all.

Strange Bedfellows

February 14, 2014

NC WARN and the conservative John Locke Foundation agree that increased competition in the North Carolina electricity market would help customers benefit from the rapid changes occurring in the U.S. electricity marketplace. The groups are sponsoring two public forums.

Strange Bedfellows to Call for Electricity Competition — News Release from NC WARN

February 14, 2014

In a state where economic, energy and environmental concerns grow more intensely intertwined, the assertive environmental nonprofit group NC WARN is working with the conservative nonprofit John Locke Foundation to sponsor two public forums calling for increased competition in the electricity market.

Will Duke Energy & the Koch Brothers Kill North Carolina’s Growing Solar Industry?

February 13, 2014

According to a 2015 poll by Conservatives for Clean Energy, over 86% of NC voters – across the political spectrum – support policies promoting solar power. But Duke Energy is using its corporate muscle to limit the growth of solar.

Critics question whether Duke-Progress merger really saved consumers money — WNCN

February 4, 2014

Attorney John Runkle asks, “Where are the savings for consumers? The merger was billed as a better deal for North Carolina consumers. Duke has gone up in rates in 2009, 2011 and then last year…Progress had their first rate case in over 20 years, so the rates are going up.” Runkle represents the energy watchdog group NC WARN, which is still in the process of appealing the merger.

How Duke Will Sell Renewable Energy To Large Customers — WFAE

January 27, 2014

Duke Energy is in discussion with large companies, including Google and Facebook, to use renewable energy to power new electricity needs in North Carolina… The new program sailed through the state utilities commission last month, but some environmental organizations question its potential. WFAE’s Ben Bradford joined Morning Edition host Kevin Kniestedt to explain.