Duke Energy Wants You to Pay to Clean Up a Mess They Knowingly Made

Insurers: We're off the hook, Duke Energy knew coal ash risk

RALEIGH - Dozens of insurance companies say they're not obligated to help pay for Duke Energy Corp.'s multi-billion dollar coal ash cleanup because the nation's largest electric company long knew about but did nothing to reduce the threat of potentially toxic pollutants.

Speak out against Duke Energy's attempt to hike our residential rates by 16.7%, in part to pay for their mismanagement of coal ash. The culpable managers and Duke's shareholders should bear these costs, not us ratepayers. Duke Energy has put our water and communities at risk, and now they want us to pay the price for their bad business practices. No communities should pay an unfair burden. Sign a petition against rate hikes for dirty energy: http://action.ncconservationnetwork.org/ratehikespetition.