Over 100 People Packed the February 04, 2019 NC Utilities Commission to Speak Strongly Against Duke's Dirty-Energy Plans

A Message from NC WARN

50 Speakers and Prominent Officials Urged Utilities Commission Monday to Reject Duke's 15-Year Plan for More Climate Destruction.  Please Add Your Voice!

Over 100 people packed the Utilities Commission public hearing Monday night on the 15-year plan by Duke Energy to greatly expand its use of climate-wrecking fracked gas and become only 8 percent renewable.

Thank you to the 50 eloquent speakers who testified about the disastrous climate, economic and health impacts of Duke's plan.        

Send a short email on Duke's plan: statements@ncuc.net
 

Tell the Commissioners to reject Duke's 15-year plan and force Duke Energy to stop blocking consideration of NC WARN's Clean Path 2025 strategy

Orange County Commissioner Mark Marcoplos read to the regulators a letter from 40 local government officials, calling for a rejection of Duke's 15-year Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). Watch Mark's testimony. Read his letter and see the list of signers here. If your local government leaders signed the letter, thank them for standing up for climate protection at this critical time (contact info here.

Dale Evarts, former director of the Climate and International Group at the Environmental Protection Agency, testified about the harmful climate, health and agricultural impacts of methane (fracked gas), and urged the Commission to send Duke back to the drawing board. Read his testimony or watch the video.
The Commission provided only this one public hearing on Duke's IRP, and has failed to rule on NC WARN's motion for an evidentiary hearing at which we and other intervenors could provide expert testimony and cross-examine Duke officials under oath.
Duke Energy has fought against such a hearing and against consideration of our Clean Path 2025 strategy for quickly replacing all coal and "natural" gas. Urge the Utilities Commission to at least hold an evidentiary hearing that makes Duke Energy openly justify its climate-wrecking plans.
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