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Duke Energy has proposed a "large load tariff" for data centers and large electricity users in North Carolina, reversing its earlier position that such rules were unnecessary. The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, represented by the…
“This is the issue of the day. The large-load additions are on such a scale that if they're handled well, the impact is very positive, and if they're not handled well, it's negative — and we don't have the luxury of a lot of time to figure it out.”
North Carolina's top utility regulator issued an order halting Duke Energy's solar investments for 2026, prompting clean energy groups including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Sierra Club, and Vote Solar to file a motion for…
“We believe there are cleaner, smarter, less risky ways to meet South Carolina's energy needs”
“With no data center customer committed to pay for most of the capacity Georgia Power is requesting for the entirety of the assets' lifetimes, ratepayers will inevitably be on the hook.”
“There's no clear correlation between those taxes and buying an EV”
“Sen. Tillis is going to be so important, along with other voices, because he has indicated that we don't want to whipsaw 180 degrees back and forth between approaches to energy policy.”
“We're trying to remind representatives who have a stake in this, most of whom are Republicans, that real harm may come to their constituents if these tax credits are taken away”
“Why are we plopping down two massive gas plants when there's so much that we don't know right now? If we could slow down, give the load time to firm up, and cleaner technologies time to come into the space, that would be the more sensible solution. … It's not easy, but it's better.”
Data center demand driven by AI and hyperscalers is straining U.S. electrical grids and threatening to accelerate fossil-fuel power plant construction, potentially undermining clean energy goals. The article examines how unchecked data center growth could double…
“Major step back on climate. For those that say it couldn't be done, Duke had a 67% reduction by 2030 in its 2020 [long-range plan]. The utility industry generally, and Duke in particular, has had opportunity after opportunity to do better. They chose not to, and here we are.”
“Those new gas plants don't just threaten the country's decarbonization goals, they also risk burdening the region's utility customers with massive bill increases to cover the cost of building them”
“Frankly, most of the utility plans are backward-looking. They're the same type of centralized generation resources that our parents and grandparents had and don't look at alternative ways to meet this new load growth with a new set of technologies.”
“If all of these gas proposals across the Southeast do come to fruition, I think we're going to have a huge confluence of issues between climate and reliability and affordability”
“If all of these gas proposals across the Southeast do come to fruition, I think we're going to have a huge confluence of issues between climate and reliability and affordability”
