Environmental Working Group: Pressure Mounts on NC Lawmakers To Reject Duke Energy Rate Increase Bill
Calls grew today for North Carolina lawmakers to reject a bill backed by Duke Energy that would allow the utility to increase rates on consumers and move forward with expensive infrastructure projects paid for by its captive ratepayers.
Several environmental groups, including NC WARN and the Energy Justice NC coalition, organized dozens of concerned citizens to lobby legislators today at the state capitol, in Raleigh, urging them to oppose S.B. 559.
The legislation, written by Duke, would allow the utility to use major storm costs to revive a twice-rejected grid “modernization” scheme to overcharge North Carolinians billions of dollars for unnecessary projects to continue its heavy reliance on coal, fracked gas and nuclear sources of energy.