By Matt Grimley Under a proposed settlement with the N.C. Utilities Commission and the N.C. Public Staff, Duke Energy President and CEO Jim Rogers will retire from his positions at the end of 2013. The agreement, announced late November, would…
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Duking It Out: CEO Retires, Rates Increase and other shorts
TAGS: Appalachian State University Bill Johnson Dries of the New RIver Duke Energy environmental justice grants EPA fracking hydroelectricity Jim Rogers North Carolina Utilities Commission nuclear Progress Energy rate hikes Recycling Task force of Kanawha County Solar Homestead Project
The Solar Decathlon
By Jeff Deal Those weren’t spaceships on Washington D.C.’s National Mall in September — they were entries for this year’s U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon. Every two years, the competition challenges teams of college students to design, build and…
TAGS: Appalachian State University Ken Peacock Living Light modular homes Solar Decathlon Solar Energy Solar Homestead Project U.S. Department of Energy University of Tennessee Washington DC
Across Appalachia
Rays of Solar Progress Peeking Out in Appalachia By Jeff Deal While Appalachia has not yet realized the progress made in solar electricity generation in the United States’ West Coast or Northeast regions, solar energy development within our region is…
TAGS: Across Appalachia Cherokee National Forest Energy Efficiency EPA hydraulic fracking nuclear weapons Solar Energy Solar Homestead Project sustainable building Swamp Angel Energy Tennessee Tennessee Wild U.S. Department of Energy uranium
