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Behind Closed Doors – NRC, Progress Energy & New Nukes – News Release by NC WARN
News Release Contact: Jim Warren March 11, 2008 NRC cut public out of meeting on new nukes at Shearon Harris Group says agency went into “closed session” after Progress Energy ran into trouble Durham, NC – Federal regulators abruptly halted a public meeting Thursday after problems arose with Progress …
Nuke Costs Can’t Be Secret, Groups Tell NC Commission – News Release by NC WARN
Progress & Duke Promote Wastage to Build New Plants – The News and Observer
“Leave the lights on – what the heck!” The article below describes only one of several utility programs that encourage maximum electricity usage. Both Duke Energy and Progress Energy “are aggressively recruiting new customers for their programs” before the Utilities Commission bans them. Note that these “leave the lights on” …
Blocked! $50 billion in toxic pork for nuclear energy axed from stimulus bill – Announcement from NC WARN
$50 billion in toxic pork for nuclear energy axed from stimulus bill Congressional negotiators in the House of Representatives and the Senate agreed late February 11 on a $789 billion stimulus bill but killed an attempt to squander $50 billion on new nuclear reactors. This result is a major victory …
NC Energy Bill, Sorry Process Send State Backward – News Release by NC WARN
Energy Bill S-3 Sends NC Backward Utility influence & sorry process leads to damaging legislation STATEMENT BY JIM WARREN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NC WARN: North Carolina has been harmed by a disreputable process that gives powerful corporations even more control over our energy and environmental future – at the worst …
More Problems with Energy Bill – Letter to House Speaker from Jim Warren
More Problems with Energy Bill: Letter to Speaker Hackney July 26, 2007 Speaker Joe Hackney North Carolina House of Representatives Raleigh, North Carolina Subject: More problems in energy bill S 3 with serious ramifications for the public Dear Speaker Hackney, As various public interest attorneys and others continue analyzing Senate …
Utility $$ Corrupts Energy Bill – Report by Democracy NC
NEWS RELEASE Contact: Jim Warren 919-416-5077 Bob Hall 919-489-1931 July 24, 2007 Energy Bill Corrupted by Utility Money “Is this still Jim Black’s legislature?” groups ask as utilities invest in key lawmakers Durham, NC – A clean elections watchdog group reported today that two power companies pushing a controversial …
CWIP: Transferring Risks to the Customer – Statement from John Blackburn and John Runkle
Power Plant Financing in Senate Bill 3 Shifts Risks to Customers By John Blackburn and John Runkle July 16, 2007 CONSTRUCTION WORK IN PROGRESS (CWIP) Senate Bill 3 has two main sections: the first is the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standards (REPS) and the second is the treatment …