Attorney General Roy Copper’s office along with the environmental group North Carolina Waste Awareness and Reduction Network, or NC WARN say Duke is charging homeowners too much, and super consumers like server farms and factories too little.
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NC Supreme Court to Hear Duke Energy Rate-rigging Cases — News Release from NC WARN
The NC Supreme Court is hearing two Duke Energy rate cases Monday beginning at 9:30 am. NC WARN and Attorney General Roy Cooper appealed the Utilities Commission’s order in both cases granting the rate increases.
Coalition pressures utilities — Tampa Bay Times
About three dozen people quietly gathered in the drizzling rain outside Duke Energy’s St. Petersburg headquarters for the inaugural effort of the group Floridians for Fair Rates, an organization led by Steyer’s political group NextGen Climate.
Electricity Customers Penalized by Duke-Progress Deposit Practices — News Release from NC WARN
North Carolina regulators should follow the lead of other states in prohibiting electric utilities from requiring up-front deposits from new customers.
Many regulators charged with answering that question have ties to utility industry — INDY Week
Duke Energy customers will likely pay most of the cost to clean up the utility’s 14 coal ash ponds in North Carolina. That means electric rates would increase to cover the $2 billion to $10 billion price tag.
Strange Bedfellows
NC WARN and the conservative John Locke Foundation agree that increased competition in the North Carolina electricity market would help customers benefit from the rapid changes occurring in the U.S. electricity marketplace. The groups are sponsoring two public forums.
Read more and watch videos of the forums.
Read our news release about the collaboration.
Read the Locke Foundation news release.
NC WARN and John Locke on The State of Things
Read an op-ed by the two groups in the News & Observer
Critics question whether Duke-Progress merger really saved consumers money — WNCN
Attorney John Runkle asks, “Where are the savings for consumers? The merger was billed as a better deal for North Carolina consumers. Duke has gone up in rates in 2009, 2011 and then last year…Progress had their first rate case in over 20 years, so the rates are going up.” Runkle represents the energy watchdog group NC WARN, which is still in the process of appealing the merger.
NC WARN Takes Duke Rate Hike to NC Supreme Court — News Release from NC WARN
NC WARN is challenging Duke Energy’s monopoly control over North Carolina electricity customers by appealing a highly controversial rate hike to the NC Supreme Court.
More Rate Hikes, Climate-Wrecking Power Plants for Duke Customers — News Release from NC WARN
New filings show Duke-Progress risking corporate death spiral by ignoring rapid US shift toward solar, wind, energy storage… Duke Energy and subsidiary Progress Energy yesterday filed long-range plans to stick with a 20th-century business model.
Regulators Bless Duke’s Overcharging Strategy, Discriminatory Rates, and Backroom Dealmaking — News Release from NC WARN
By approving another five percent rate hike with an order released last night, the NC Utilities Commission continued its support for Duke Energy’s business model of building dirty power plants and padding profits by gouging households and small businesses.