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Progress Energy requests 14% rate increase for residential customers – The News & Observer

October 12, 2012

Progress Energy Carolinas is asking state regulators for a rate increase that would boost the average household electricity bill of its North Carolina customers by nearly $180 a year.

Progress Energy to seek first rate increase in a quarter century – The News & Observer

October 6, 2012

Over the years Progress Energy customers have fine-tuned the art of kvetching about their power bills, often forgetting that electricity costs here are well below the national average. That conversation is about to be pitched a few octaves higher.

Has Duke Energy Been Cheating on Rate Hikes? – News Release from NC WARN

October 2, 2012

Controversial rate hikes by Duke Energy Carolinas in 2009 and 2011 revealed a pattern of activity apparently designed to overcharge North Carolina electricity customers millions of dollars annually, energy watchdog group NC WARN said today. The group said Duke is either deliberately attempting to gouge ratepayers or suffers gross incompetence across its legal and accounting departments. It urged Attorney General Roy Cooper to take action.
See NC WARN’s letter to Attorney General Cooper and Public Staff’s Robert Gruber

Duke Energy Plans 20 Years of Rate Hikes, Climate Destruction, Risky Nukes – and Almost No Solar, Wind and Energy Savings – News Release from NC WARN

September 18, 2012

As Duke Energy continues its six-year PR campaign touting CEO Jim Rogers’ concerns about climate change and North Carolina’s economic health, long-range plans filed this month with state regulators contradict his professions. The plans reflect serial rate hikes to pay for an aggressive expansion of generating plants, and high carbon emissions for the next two decades.

Prominent Voice for the Poor Calls for an End to Rate Discrimination by Duke Energy – News Release from NC WARN

August 2, 2012

Law professor Gene Nichol supports NC WARN’s call for a stand-alone examination of Duke’s rate scheme that favors the world’s richest corporations.

Compel Duke Energy to Justify Billions in Planned Rate Hikes, Watchdogs Urge Regulators in Merger Case – News Release from NC WARN

July 31, 2012

Duke claims it doesn’t have to reveal merger costs to the public; NC WARN argues nuclear fleet corrections dwarf public benefits and were key reasons in CEO firing

Duke’s Massive Rate Hikes Would Reward Rich Data Corporations on the Backs of Families and Businesses – News Release by NC WARN

November 23, 2011

NC WARN calls for denial of annual rate hikes and current 18.6% request that would leave small customers paying twice the rate of energy-hogging data centers.

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Progress Energy requests 14% rate increase for residential customers – The News & Observer

Progress Energy to seek first rate increase in a quarter century – The News & Observer

Has Duke Energy Been Cheating on Rate Hikes? – News Release from NC WARN

Duke Energy Plans 20 Years of Rate Hikes, Climate Destruction, Risky Nukes – and Almost No Solar, Wind and Energy Savings – News Release from NC WARN

Prominent Voice for the Poor Calls for an End to Rate Discrimination by Duke Energy – News Release from NC WARN

Compel Duke Energy to Justify Billions in Planned Rate Hikes, Watchdogs Urge Regulators in Merger Case – News Release from NC WARN

Good News: Consumer Coalition Thanks NC Legislature for No Action on Annual Rate Hikes Bill

Duke Energy Rigs Rates against Small Businesses and Families

NC attorney general challenges Duke Energy rate increase – The Charlotte Observer

Duke’s Massive Rate Hikes Would Reward Rich Data Corporations on the Backs of Families and Businesses – News Release by NC WARN

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