The Charlotte Mecklenburg NAACP and NC WARN today said Duke Energy’s draft carbon plan for North Carolina is a scam designed to keep expanding the use of the very methane gas that is devastating communities and the global climate.
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Record-shattering Statewide Response Against Duke Energy’s Attack on Solar Power — News Release from NC WARN
Duke Energy Solar-attack Case Requires Judicial-type Hearing, Say Multiple Opponents — News Release from NC WARN
Solar power and social justice advocates challenging Duke Energy’s attempt to weaken the economics of rooftop solar power in North Carolina today filed a motion calling for an evidentiary hearing so Duke officials can be cross-examined under oath about the lone reason – now-discredited – they want to change the rules.
In settlement with installers, Duke Energy concedes ground in plot to hobble state’s rooftop solar program — News Release from NC WARN & EWG
Duke Energy and three rooftop solar installers have reached a settlement in a fight over the monopoly utility’s proposal to hobble North Carolina’s net metering program, with opponents of Duke’s plan calling the settlement a partial win even as they vow to keep fighting for rules that reflect the full value of rooftop solar for all North Carolinians.
Proponents of Duke’s Solar Changes Kill Company’s Case — News Release from NC WARN
Duke Energy reports just over 5 percent electricity from wind and solar in 2021, despite clean energy claims — Environmental Working Group
Stifling solar: Duke Energy’s long war against North Carolina clean energy — Environmental Working Group
Environmental groups challenge Duke Energy over proposed solar plan — Daily Tar Heel
Attorney General, Solar Companies, Nonprofits Align vs Duke Energy’s Anti-Solar Proposal — News Release from NC WARN
Groups File Legal Challenge vs Duke Energy “Choke Solar” Scheme — News Release from NC WARN
Three climate justice nonprofits today filed a joint challenge to Duke Energy’s proposal to change the economics of solar panels on North Carolina homes. They say Duke’s plan would harm all North Carolinians – especially low-income people already bearing the financial and climate impacts of Duke Energy’s business model of hugely expanding the use of fracked gas, stifling cheaper renewables and repeatedly raising power bills.