The public got a last chance to sound off on a deal that will allow a Duke Energy subsidiary to raise power rates Tuesday evening in Hillsborough. A little more than two dozen demonstrators didn’t let a dreary drizzle dampen their message. They held signs and chanted against the rate increase. They called a proposed rate-hike audacious at best and greedy and environmentally harmful at worst.
Duke Energy & State Regulators
NC WARN regularly challenges Duke Energy to make a rapid transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy and energy efficiency. We intervene at the NC Utilities Commission in cases involving Duke’s rate increases and 15-year Integrated Resource Plans (IRPs). And we have repeatedly reached out directly to the corporation’s executives, seeking to collaborate with them on finding ways to avert climate catastrophe. A few examples are listed here.
Related:
- Check out the new coalition: Energy Justice NC: End the Duke Monopoly
- Duke Energy page on Energy & Policy Institute website
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Protesters take on Duke Energy — Charlotte Observer
Slide show of protesters outside public hearing on Duke Energy’s rate hike at the Mecklenburg County Courthouse Wednesday June 26, 2013. Greenpeace, AARP, Consumers Against Rate Hikes, and NC WARN protesters were there.
Burning the Public: Duke Energy’s Rate Secrets – Part 4 — News Release from NC WARN
Duke Energy is seeking to charge North Carolina customers up to $120 million a year to pay for laid-off employees, vacant offices and other phantom expenses. A proposed settlement in the rate case does not remedy this blatant overcharging, so NC WARN will call on state regulators to reject it when evidentiary hearings begin on July 8.
Duke Energy Rate Increase May Shrink — WFDD
Wednesday night in Winston-Salem, protestors from the mountains to the Triangle rallied outside of the Forsyth County Court House. There were drummers, Puppeteers parading a larger than life smiling bright, yellow sun with hands, and people wearing oversized heads representing Duke Energy executives.
Burning the Public, Part 3: NC WARN seeks millions in penalties for Duke Energy — News Release from NC WARN
NC WARN is calling for state regulators to assess millions of dollars in damages against Duke Energy Carolinas for what the watchdog group says are “egregious and pervasive” violations in the utility’s current rate case. Economist Bill Marcus of Sacramento-based JBS Energy, Inc. [states]: “Disallowance of the expense is clearly not enough. If it was not for NC WARN, the utility could have gotten away with this flagrant abuse from the highest levels of the company for years.”
Duke Energy sought to overcharge customers by $211 million per year — News Release from NC WARN
Statement from Greenpeace, AARP NC and NC WARN. The state agency that supposedly represents North Carolina electricity customers has cut a deal with Duke Energy to settle a controversial rate hike request. The NC Utilities Commission’s Public Staff announced the deal today before even considering evidence being prepared by public interest groups, businesses and local governments – and before public hearings set for Winston-Salem, Charlotte and Hillsborough.
Duke Energy aumentará precios si la propuesta es aprobada por un comité — La Conexión
Duke Energy está tratando de cobrar a los residentes de Carolina del Norte y pequeñas empresas más de $ 8 millones de dólares al año para pagarles a los empleados que sirven a industrias grandes y clientes comerciales, según denunció NC WARN.
Burning the Public: Duke Energy’s Rate Secrets
Part 1: Charging the Little Guy $8 million annually for industrial schmoozing, June 6, 2013 Part 2: Duke uses ratepayer money to buy political favor with Dems, GOP, June 11, 2013 Part 3: NC WARN seeks millions in penalties for Duke Energy, June 18, 2013 Part 4: Duke seeks $120 …
Burning the Public: Duke Energy’s Rate Secrets – Part 2 — News Release from NC WARN
Each year, Duke Energy charges North Carolina ratepayers for money poured onto groups representing both major political parties at the federal and state levels, according to documents obtained by NC WARN during the discovery phase of Duke’s current rate hike request. Second installment of our Burning the Public series.
Burning the Public: Duke Energy’s Rate Secrets – Part 1 — News Release from NC WARN
Duke is trying to charge families, small businesses $8 million annually for industrial schmoozing. First in a series of revelations NC WARN will roll out as our legal team reviews thousands of documents gained in Duke’s new rate case.