Jim Warren

Duke CEO’s Nuclear Colors – Hearing Highlights – Statement from NC WARN

March 16, 2011

Duke Energy’s Jim Rogers keeps talking a good game about pursuing “a mix” of electricity technologies, but yesterday’s hearing at the NC Utilities Commission again exposed that as a public relations facade.

Japanese Nuclear Crisis May Pose Troubles For Duke’s Plans – WFAE Radio Article

March 15, 2011

The unfolding nuclear plant crisis in Japan could pose significant problems for Duke Energy’s effort to build a new reactor near Gaffney, SC.

Solar power market tops $71 billion in 2010 – The San Francisco Chronicle

March 14, 2011

The latest report, released today, shows a decade of remarkable growth. The market for solar power, wind power and biofuels still pales when compared with that for fossil fuels (Exxon Mobil, for example, made $383.2 billion last year). But clean-energy technology is no longer stuck in a niche.

Japan Nuclear Crisis

March 14, 2011

A few reliable sources of information covering the breaking news of Japan’s nuclear facilities:
Union of Concerned Scientists
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research: Arjun Makhijani
Fairewinds Associates: Arnold Gunderson
Nuclear Information and Resource Service
Beyond Nuclear

Recent News Items:
Fukushima disaster could have been avoided, nuclear plant operator admits – The Guardian, October 15, 2012

More on Japan, NC impacts

Can Shearon Harris withstand a disaster? – ABC News

March 14, 2011

Threats to the Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant have people asking could a major disaster happen here?

Stop Annual Rate Hikes for Nuclear Plants

March 13, 2011

Florida legislator regrets letting utilities pass on costs
Radio Ad running across the state
Consumers Against Rate Hikes

Duke Seeks $459 Million for Possible Nuclear Plant – Statement from NC WARN

March 1, 2011

Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers is now under an FBI investigation for allegedly seeking to ensure his customers absorb massive cost overruns at a power plant construction project.

N.C. utility consumer advocate is retiring – The News & Observer

February 25, 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.

NC voters reject rate hike bill, poll says – News Release by Consumers Against Rate Hikes

February 23, 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 16, 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.