Want solar on your rooftop, but can’t afford to buy the panels yourself? If you’re a Duke Energy customer, you can sign up with your utility to install their solar panels on your rooftop.
Duke Energy announced the selected sites of the first phase of its 10 megawatt, $50 million distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) program [...]
Sign NC Conservation Network’s Petition Opposing Duke’s 18% Rate Increase TODAY!
Have you heard the news? Duke Energy wants to raise customer utility bills… in part to pay for dirty coal. Throughout September, the North Carolina Utilities Commission hosted public hearings around the state on the proposed Duke Energy rate increase. The conclusion of the hearing [...]
Apple Computer is the latest in a long-line of American businesses leaving the Chamber of Commerce over climate policy. They resigned today with a letter stating:
“We strongly object to the chamber’s recent comments opposing the E.P.A.’s effort to limit greenhouse gases,” wrote Catherine A. Novelli, the vice-president of worldwide government affairs at Apple, in a [...]
While many Americans and most of the media remained focused on the issue of health care policy, corporate giants are quietly and not-so-quietly choosing sides in another national debate: energy and climate policy.
Although some energy titans are predictably on the defensive as Congress crafts a new energy policy, others are emerging as unlikely allies in [...]
With less fanfare than you might expect, state governments and utilities in the Carolinas have moved forward on energy efficiency. In total, we estimate that these programs could reduce electricity demand by about 8% in 2020.
Cumulative Impacts
Total
North Carolina
South Carolina
Duke Energy
Progress Energy
2009-2020
New Efficiency Initiatives
Efficiency Building Codes Update
Efficiency Building Codes Legislation
Save-a-Watt Agreement
Announced Programs
Energy Savings (GWh)
93,531
30,046
25,078
34,164
4,243
Cost Savings
$ [...]
Today we announced an agreement with Duke Energy Carolinas (pdf here) to dramatically increase the size of the “Save-a-Watt” energy efficiency program, while at the same time adding features to ensure that it is fair to customers. If Duke Energy follows through and meets the targets, by 2020 the energy savings will be more than [...]
On April 20th citizens from across the country descended on Charlotte, North Carolina to deliver a “Call to Conscience” message to Jim Rogers and Duke Energy that construction of the 800 MW new Unit 6 at the Cliffside coal plant is not OK. In what became the largest anti-coal rally in the history of the [...]
Last Sunday, “60 Minutes” on CBS aired an interview with Duke Energy’s CEO, Jim Rogers. I watched the segment again last night, and I wanted to take a minute to reflect on what I heard. All I can say is it is very sad.
I first met Rogers in the North Carolina Utility Commission hearing room [...]
Nate Silver is a master at visualizing the obvious in politics, and he’s branched out to offer a keen insight for those of us working to address the global warming crisis.
This chart, adopted from a very interesting new survey (Climate Change in the American Mind) of 2,164 American adults on climate policy, reveals part of [...]
In a preview of this Sunday’s episode of “60 Minutes,” which will feature Duke Energy’s CEO and Jim Hansen (NASA’s top climate scientist), Sue Sturgis over at the Institute for Southern Studies reminds us that energy companies that cling to dirty energy are under increasing pressure.
Watch a preview of the 60 Minutes segment here. Be [...]
