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Tag: ElectriCities

  • Duke Energy talked ash lawsuits with regulators | CharlotteObserver.com

    Duke Energy talked ash lawsuits with regulators | CharlotteObserver.com. Emails released Thursday by lawyers for environmental advocacy groups show that Duke Energy and regulators discussed the state lawsuits filed last year over coal ash. Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/03/13/4763559/duke-wanted-state-to-sue-over.html#.UyKb6fldVqU#storylink=cpy

  • Current News in local Utilities

    ElectriCities No electricity rate increase seen istockAnalyst.com (press release) – ‎Oct 8, 2010‎ Oct. 08–TARBORO — Town of Tarboro electric rates should stay the same for the next five, maybe seven years, Graham Edwards said Thursday. MCO – PGN N.C. cities with municipal power will not see rate increases StarNewsOnline.com – ‎Sep 24, 2010‎ Meeting…

  • ElectriCities: In The News—News Briefs

    As a convience, I’v grouped all of the ElectriCities material together so you can sort through the articles. BRIEF: NEW BILLBOARDS TMCnet – ‎5 hours ago‎ ElectriCities did the designs and presented them to Town Council this week and council members expressed their approval. "They have to be able to draw the … No electricity…

  • Western Half of North Carolina are getting fighting mad that electric rates are going up…well, Welcome to the Club friends.

    Funny I didn’t see a hell of a lot of chanting from them when our rates hit the roof over here in in eastern NC. Maybe that’s because there has always been the perception of “we know how to manage our stuff better with nuclear.” At least that what one NC Rep told me 2…

  • What to do When a Politician uses Talking Points and has no idea what the Hell he’s talking about.

    Warning: This posts contains the truth. The problem with truth is that most people don’t really want to hear it. It’s much easier to be spoon-fed crap thinking it’s chocolate ice cream. Read at your own risk, you may develop knowledge: something NO ONE can ever take away. ———– I’ve been an advocate for lower…

  • Follow the Money in NC Political Races-Burr has raised over $8 Million. So Where Does That Leave You?

    There should be an entirely separate category for this crap called WTF RICHARD BURR.  While the Democratic candidates are running all over NC; talking to the middle class citizens learning what we need just to be able to survive, Richard Burr is sitting back counting his cash!  Do you care about your child’s education? If…

  • High Point Nuclear Power Costs To Rise

    …take a close look at what Edwards says about the national demand for power-dropping 3.6%.  If we weatherize our homes the demand will (in theory) drop even lower. The price will still continue to rise because not only is this a supply/demand issue but a debt issue.  All, and I mean all, of these towns…

  • Lower Utilities & Lower Gas Prices with One Punch

    Recently, I’ve been doing research on what Congress could do to help eastern North Carolina lower our electricity bills. Early on, I really believed that a financial bailout would have been the right choice. It would be easier to pay back the Feds at a much lower interest rate than to pay these bonds rates.…

  • The Way OUT of NCEMPA & ElectriCities

    There’s no advantage to staying with ElectriCities I read with interest your article “ElectriCities Opens Up on Debt Options” in the March 25 edition of the Telegram. I would like to submit a couple of options that were not mentioned, as well as expand on the comments by Mr. Michael Colo with Poyner and Spruill.…

  • Dominion rates are low low low

    Dominion is looking for a rate hike, but look at how low the average cost is for Dominion customers.  –BTW, they haven’t raised rates in 17 years.  Can’t say that for NCEMPA! Can you? Dominion Power seeks rate hike From staff, wire reports Tuesday, February 16, 2010 The major electric utility in northeastern North Carolina…