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A group of large industrial Duke Energy Progress customers has withdrawn its legal challenge to a new customer assistance program providing monthly bill discounts to low-income customers. The settlement, reached with advocates including the Southern Alliance…
“Equitable accessibility of EV charging stations is the problem legislators should concern themselves with. The private sector is good at installing chargers in population centers but not in rural areas where it sees less opportunity for near-term profits.”
“Energy efficiency programs are definitely part of a resilient solution to not having to do this in the future with this kind of weather.”
North Carolina's Utilities Commission released its first carbon dioxide reduction plan directing Duke Energy to procure 2,350 megawatts of solar by 2028 and retire coal plants by 2035, but environmental groups including the Southern Alliance for…
The N.C. Utilities Commission is holding public hearings across North Carolina on Duke Energy's proposed carbon reduction plan to meet a 70% emissions cut by 2030 under House Bill 951. Forest Bradley-Wright, energy efficiency director for…
“You don't have any of those issues in Florida”
“It sounds like (inputs are) not ready yet, but once it is and they're ready to press 'Go' on the model, they should be sharing that database with stakeholders that ask for it.”
A letter to the editor from John Bonitz argues that coal imports drain North Carolina's economy and advocates for stronger renewable energy and efficiency standards. The author cites a Union of Concerned Scientists report showing North…
“To begin, we have abundant renewable energy resources in the Southeast, such as solar, wind and biomass, which create green-collar jobs our families can depend on”
Progress Energy reports that renewable energy proposals for North Carolina's clean electricity standard are costing four times more than expected, making it unlikely the utility will meet state targets requiring 7.5 percent renewable electricity by 2021.…
“This is a familiar refrain: The wind doesn't blow, the sun doesn't shine, and nothing grows in the Southeast. Anything that isn't building a nuclear plant or building a coal plant is pie-in-the-sky to these guys.”
