Through the Sharing Solar fund, NC WARN’s Solarize programs help low-income homeowners and renters benefit from solar. In 2015, we put solar on land trust apartments in Durham. It’s expected to save the 4 tenants $1,700 per year. Read more.
NC CLEAN PATH 2025
In August 2017, NC WARN published North Carolina Clean Path 2025: Achieving an Economical Clean Energy Future, a plan for quickly transitioning the state’s electricity from fossil fuels to solar, battery storage and enhanced energy efficiency.
Local teams are working around the state to implement the plan. Learn more here. The articles below are either about the NC CLEAN PATH 2025 plan or about similar efforts underway in other places.
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Complaint charges Duke Energy touts clean power in West while polluting Southeast — LA Times
The nation’s largest utility and a leading developer of renewable energy for the Los Angeles area is under fire in a complaint that accuses the company of being one of the worst polluters in the country.
Solar Bashing Fight in Florida Exposed
Trigaux: Keen to preserve own power, Florida electric utilities up fight against solar By Robert Trigaux Got to hand it to the powers who so deftly control Florida’s electricity market. Just when solar power finally shows signs of progress in the Sunshine State, the cabal of electric utility monopolies and …
Will Duke Energy Kill NC’s Solar Industry? — NC WARN TV ad
Watch our 2015 TV ad urging viewers to press for competition in the NC electricity market.
Utilities wage campaign against rooftop solar — The Washington Post
Three years ago, the nation’s top utility executives gathered at a Colorado resort to hear warnings about a grave new threat to operators of America’s electric grid: not superstorms or cyberattacks, but rooftop solar panels.
Tesla Launches Batteries for Homes, Businesses, Utilities — Bloomberg
Tesla Motors Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk unveiled a suite of batteries to store electricity for homes, businesses and utilities, saying a greener power grid furthers the company’s mission to provide pollution-free energy.
Pastor to Duke Energy CEO: Stop Targeting African-Americans with Your Anti-Solar Campaign
Letter to Duke’s Good cites curious visits by those pushing “Solar Hurts the Poor” message.
NC WARN news release
See the letter to Duke Energy CEO Lynn Good
Op-Ed by Rev. Nelson Johnson and Jim Warren – Winston Salem Journal
Facing South article on the letter
“Desperate Fossil Fuel Interests Seek to Undermine Clean Energy Choices in Communities of Color” — Huffington Post
Poll Shows Huge Bipartisan Support for Solar Power & Competition in NC — News Release from NC WARN
For the second time in recent weeks, voters across North Carolina’s political spectrum have signaled overwhelming support for solar power and the right to competition instead of remaining captive to Duke Energy’s monopoly.
Conservative energy group’s poll finds strong support for clean energy in N.C. — Charlotte Business Journal
Raleigh-based Conservatives for Clean Energy commissioned a poll that shows overwhelming support for renewable and clean-energy sources, even among Republicans and self-described conservatives.
Sungevity tests solar financing strategy in NC — News & Observer
One of the nation’s largest installers of residential solar panels has begun offering solar units to homeowners in North Carolina, saying it has figured out a way to circumvent the state’s longstanding restrictions on renewable energy production.