NC WARN to state leaders: Stop suppression of local solar; ALL customers can benefit by sharing solar costs just as we pay for dirty power – through the rate system With the global climate crisis at a point of desperation, power bills soaring and Duke Energy stifling renewables while aggressively …
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More Proof that Duke Energy Leaders Hate Renewable Power — NC WARN News Release
New documents show Duke to keep strangling large-scale solar companies; highly touted solar build-out won’t even begin for years – and won’t last long Despite a years-long campaign to greenwash its corporate image by misleading the news media and decision-makers, Duke Energy remains a leading driver of the global climate …
Duke Energy on Defense at NC Court of Appeals over Regulators’ Agreement to Slash Solar Incentives — News Release from NC WARN & EWG
Leading solar company official says widespread damage already underway; outcome of case is pivotal for clean energy, climate efforts Lawyers for Duke Energy were on defense today before the North Carolina Court of Appeals* over the decision last year by state regulators, at the behest of the monopoly power company, …
BREAKING: Duke’s Destruction of Rooftop Solar — NC WARN News Release / N&O Article
The article below is tough news on a vitally important topic. Our challenge to Save NC Solar is now 3.5 years old and still roiling. NC WARN and allies have a very strong case at the Court of Appeals – we intend to reverse the regulators’ rotten, pro-Duke ruling. NC WARN is …
84 Solar Companies, Targeted Groups and Allies Call for Investigation of Duke Energy — NC WARN News Release
Governor, Attorney General being pressed over damage to the solar industry, and over grid projects that would hamper climate action and harm communities In an open letter sent today, 84 businesses and nonprofits called for NC Governor Roy Cooper and Attorney General Josh Stein to demand open clarification of Duke …
NC WARN Commends Governor for Expanding Criticism of Duke Energy and its Deceptive Gamble on “Hydrogen-Capable” Natural Gas — NC WARN News Release
Group presses Cooper to counter pro-Duke regulators, prevent yet another billion-dollar blunder by the nation’s largest climate-polluting utility Watchdog nonprofit NC WARN today thanked NC Gov. Roy Cooper in an open letter for expanding his recent criticism of Duke Energy’s plans to gamble the state’s climate and economic future on …
NC Governor Criticizes Duke Energy’s Pro-Carbon Plan — NC WARN News Release
Breaking rank with the corporate giant is a good first step but Cooper must do much more to become a climate protector We appreciate Gov. Roy Cooper for criticizing Duke Energy leaders’ Pro-Carbon Plan as reported today by The News & Observer. The article’s headline is Cooper criticizes Duke Energy carbon reduction …
Statewide Ad Campaign: Is NC Gov. Cooper a Climate Pretender? — NC WARN News Release
Media lawyers vetted the message; News directors and editors must put Governor on record about aligning with Duke Energy instead of scientists, solar power companies Scores of scientists and solar power companies, along with thousands of other North Carolinians, have pressed for his genuine action instead of pretense. Thousands of …
Is Gov. Roy Cooper a Climate Change Pretender? — NC WARN News Release
Watchdog group tells NC Governor to walk his talk, stop a leading climate polluter from expanding fossil fuels and suppressing renewables The North Carolina state motto is “To be, rather than to seem.” But Governor Roy Cooper continues to support a years-long pretense that Duke Energy is transitioning to a …
Powerful New Challengers Question Duke Energy’s $10 Billion Grid & Land Seizure Scheme — NC WARN News Release
Attorney General, regulators’ Public Staff among skeptics of Duke’s inflated cost projections and failure to consider cheaper alternatives that can help immediately with climate crisis It’s no wonder that Duke Energy hid plans to waste billions on new and expanded power line corridors, but forces are already aligning against the …