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  • 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

  • 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…

  • Problems with ElectriCities—Repost from ENC Today

    I hate to say it because I think we need to talk about the price of electricity in eastern North Carolina. We need to understand the hardships of having to face high light bills month after month with limited incomes, but everything that was said in Smithfield has been said 100 times before. From where…

  • Butterfied: Paying down ElectriCities Debt with Fed Money is Not Possible

    When asked about using federal stimulus funds to pay down ElectriCities’ debt, he said it’s not possible. He explored the idea but found there are too many places in the country facing soaring energy costs to be able to single out one area for special help. To use federal funds to pay down the regional…

  • The Real Story Behind Deregulation and Why Your Utility Bill Is Higher

    News & Observer, The (includes Chapel Hill News) (Raleigh, NC)The News & Observer July 15, 2001 Article Text: Betty Lou Baker isn’t responsible for the decisions by Lumberton and 50 other North Carolina cities and towns to buy overpriced nuclear power plants. But she and 735,000 other people are paying for those choices. Baker buys…

  • Fayetteville NC Electric-May End Ties with ElectriCities

    Fayetteville’s home-grown utility may sever ties with a trade organization in Raleigh. The Public Works Commission is balking at next year’s projected $94,353 in dues that must be paid to remain a member of ElectriCities, which represents 51 cities that own electric utilities. Most of the members are in North Carolina. PWC commissioners say the…

  • SEC Officials Surfing Porn During Financial Crisis, Report Finds—From ABC NEWS

    The Securities and Exchange Commission is the sheriff of the financial industry, looking for crimes such as Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, but a new government report has concluded that some senior employees spent hours on the agency’s computers looking at sites such as naughty.com, skankwire and youporn as the financial crisis was unfolding. A new…

  • 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…

  • 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.…

  • Check out the Light Bill Show

    Well, it’s not all about high utility bills in eastern NC, but we do spend a lot of time talking about it.  Check it out- Monday thru Friday 7-8p http://www.ustream.tv/channel/431862