In January 2013, the Edison Electric Institute published a report titled Disruptive Challenges: Financial Implications and Strategic Responses to a Changing Retail Electric Business. It states: “…the pace of [electric industry] change is increasing and will likely increase further as costs of disruptive technologies” continue to decline.
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Energy efficiency measures and solar and wind technologies are rapidly being deployed around the world. Help it happen in North Carolina by joining our NC Clean Path 2025 team that is working to replace fossil fuels with solar and battery storage around the state, including working to eliminate the obstacles put in place by Duke Energy and the state legislature. Find out how you can help.
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Examining the feasibility of converting New York State’s all-purpose energy infrastructure to one using wind, water, and sunlight — Energy Policy
This study analyzes a plan to convert New York State’s all-purpose energy infrastructure to one derived entirely from wind, water, and sunlight.
Duke Energy CEO calls for competitive bids for NC solar sales — Charlotte Business Journal
Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers talks in this week’s print edition of the Charlotte Business Journal about allowing commercial subsidiary Duke Energy Renewables to compete with solar developers in North Carolina to sell power to Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress.
Two Reports Published
In February 2013, we published two reports showing a cleaner, cheaper way to meet future energy demand in North Carolina:
A Responsible Energy Future for North Carolina by John Runkle and Jim Warren and Combined Heat and Power in North Carolina by Anna Moorefield and Jim Warren.
Climate Change: No Breakthroughs Needed, Mr. President — Huffington Post
In his recent New Republic interview, President Obama said we “need some big technological breakthrough” to tackle climate change. Mr. President — our nation already has the technologies to protect the climate while advancing prosperity. Your National Renewable Energy Laboratory showed just last June how to produce 80 to 90 percent of America’s electricity from proven, reliable and increasingly competitive renewable sources like the sun and wind.
Duke Energy Monopoly Must Use Wasted Resource Instead of Building Power Plants, says Watchdog Group — News Release from NC WARN
Recent advances in a decades-old energy-saving technology could allow thousands of North Carolina facilities such as grocery stores, schools and hospitals to save over 30 percent of their annual energy usage. The energy savings from combined heat and power (CHP) at facilities in North Carolina could be roughly equal to the electricity from ten large power plants.
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How Duke Energy can change the climate game — News & Observer
Op-Ed by Jim Warren. “The truth is that we have a planetary emergency.” – NASA climatologist James Hansen, October 2012
Solar energy is ready. The U.S. isn’t. – Bloomberg Businessweek
Clean energy has become a dirty word in presidential politics….The candidates’ coolness to renewable energy comes at a time when the domestic supply of traditional energy sources, such as oil and natural gas, is at an all-time high. And yet this failure to make the promise of renewables a keynote in the debate is a huge missed opportunity. In particular, it ignores the dramatic reduction in the cost of photovoltaic solar power worldwide and the considerable benefits to U.S. consumers and the environment.
Initiative brings solar power to recovery center – The News & Observer
Trish Hussey and Rita Leadem stretched a ribbon in front of a solar panel set up just outside the front door of the Freedom House Recovery Center on Thursday afternoon.
Bringing Solar Power to Those Most in Need – News Release from NC WARN
New campaign donates solar rooftop systems to nonprofits and heralds sun-power’s affordability for homes and businesses.