NC Utilities Commission questions viability of Lee construction project
Shifting Risks to Customers (CWIP)
Construction Work in Progress laws (CWIP, aka Advanced Cost Recovery, aka Annual Rate Hike Bills) allow utilities to charge customers in advance for the cost of building expensive new plants that aren’t even needed — even if those plants never go online.
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NC utilities fail on nuke bill this year – The Charlotte Observer
Japan’s nuclear crisis has derailed an effort in this state to make it easier for Duke Energy and Progress Energy to raise rates to pay for new nuclear reactors.
Critics left and right raise voices at Duke meet – The Charlotte Observer
Dueling protesters greeted Duke Energy shareholders Thursday at an annual meeting dominated by critics of the utility’s coal, nuclear and renewable energy policies.
Large Power Plants Sit Idle in North Carolina while Duke Wants to Raise Rates to Build New Ones – News Release by NC WARN
Duke Energy has a hefty surplus of generation capacity; it should promptly retire at least one newer coal-burning plant and stop trying to build nuclear reactors.
NC WARN News Release
Too Much Baseload Legal Brief
Duke Energy to Buy Progress – Statement by NC WARN
Statement by Executive Director Jim Warren
Nuke Costs Can’t Be Secret, Groups Tell NC Commission – News Release by NC WARN
News Release Contact: Jim Warren March 4, 2008 New Nuclear Costs Can’t be Secret, Groups Say With industry estimates tripling – up to $9 billion per reactor – NC commission must order Duke Energy to open the books Durham, NC – An alliance of public advocacy groups* today …
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 …