A joint press release from NC Warn and Appalachian Voices Duke Energy executives are seeking support from North Carolina legislators and others for a highly controversial and twice-failed plan to lock in up to $13 billion in customer rate increases…
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Groups urge N.C. lawmakers to prevent Duke Energy from gouging customers for grid “improvements”
TAGS: Duke Energy electric grid energy democracy Energy Efficiency energy justice frack grid mod North Carolina
New TVA rate structure likely to harm low-income families
TVA’s new “Grid Access Charge” will reduce both local power companies’ and end users’ ability to control their monthly energy costs.
A watershed moment in Virginia’s energy politics
A groundswell of citizen pressure and efforts by Appalachian Voices and other groups on Dominion’s rate bill disrupted “business as usual” in this year’s Virginia General Assembly.
Trump’s War on Reality
Special column adapted from the Front Porch Blog: Trump’s administration has set a dangerous precedent of relying on dishonesty and alternative facts instead of addressing the scientific truths behind coal and climate change.
TAGS: clean power plan Climate change Coal electric grid endangerment finding EPA grid reliability President Trump
Looking on the bright side, states seek solar benefits
U.S. jobs grew nearly 20 times faster in the solar industry than the whole economy’s national average, reports The Solar Foundation, and some southeastern states are catching the rays of the burgeoning industry with policies encouraging growth in both privately-owned and utility-scale solar.
Democratizing the Grid
The Opportunities and Obstacles of Community-owned Renewable Energy By Brian Sewell When energy experts talk about distributed generation, they describe it as both a threat that will disrupt markets and erode utility profits and an opportunity that is changing the…
TAGS: Appalachian Institute for Renewable Energy clean energy community-owned renewable energy distributed generation electric grid Renewable Energy Solar Energy
