Greenpeace and a local environmental group called NC WARN bought a full-page ad in the May 1 edition of the Charlotte Observer to scold Rogers. “Jim Rogers has seven months to determine how history will remember his eight years as CEO: a leader who helped start a clean energy revolution, or a laggard who talked about global warming but never acted to stop it.”
2013 Actions
Utilities Commission Hearings on Progress Energy Rate Hikes In February and March 2013, we worked with our allies to organize testimony at Utilities Commission hearings related to Progress Energy’s rate hike request. Those hearings have now concluded. Thank you to the hundreds of people who wrote letters and emails to …
Green-energy groups slam Duke Energy in ad — The Charlotte Observer
Greenpeace, NC WARN challenge Jim Rogers’ climate legacy with ad on eve of his final shareholder meeting — News Release from NC WARN
On the day before Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers’ final shareholder meeting, environmental groups published a full-page advertisement in the Charlotte Observer asking whether Rogers wants to be remembered as a hero or villain in the increasingly urgent fight to combat global warming. The groups also sent an open letter to Rogers and Duke’s Board of Directors explaining the risks to the company if it does not move toward clean energy.
Duke Energy’s Climate Legacy
Commission Tries to Limit Court Appeal of Duke Energy Merger — News Release from NC WARN
State regulators yesterday made a strange ruling that, if upheld by the courts, would abolish part of an ongoing appeal of a 2012 merger that created the nation’s largest electric utility. Duke Energy is seeking to prevent NC WARN’s case from being heard by the NC Court of Appeals, and the state Utilities Commission is claiming it has the authority to govern what the court can hear.
Progress Energy execs grilled over price breaks for industrial customers — The News & Observer
Progress Energy tries to bolster case for rate increase — WRAL
Progress Energy called witnesses Monday to testify to the North Carolina Utilities Commission about the need for an electricity rate increase. “You have to weigh (lower industrial rates) against the economics of raising a lot of other people’s rates,” said Jim Warren, executive director of NC WARN, a watchdog group that is a frequent critic of Duke and Progress. “It takes away buying power. That kills jobs, too.”