Tag: Duke Energy
Duke Energy utilities long knew of climate change risks before joining denial campaigns
The utility companies that comprise today’s Duke Energy Corporation were privy to early warnings about climate change in the 1970s, well before the phenomenon emerged as a major public issue...
Duke Energy funded climate science-denying John Locke Foundation
Duke Energy contributed $25,000 to the John Locke Foundation (JLF), a leading voice of climate science denial and renewable energy rejectionism in North Carolina. The contribution, which occurred in 2021...
As Customers Struggled, Utility CEOs’ Pay Spiked Last Year
While many Americans saw their energy bills go up substantially in the past year, investor-owned electric and gas utilities and the country’s largest publicly owned utility paid their CEOs over...
Utilities, once represented by UARG, now part of the ‘Electric Generators for a Sensible Transition’ in their suit against the EPA
A new ad hoc coalition of electric utilities has sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its newly proposed rules to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from existing coal and new...
Duke Energy doubles down on gas in updated NC Carbon Plan, despite unreliability during Winter Storm Elliott
Duke Energy plans to deepen its reliance on methane gas, the volatile fuel responsible for consumers’ skyrocketing bills, according to the utility’s mid-August proposal to comply with North Carolina’s new...
Ohio bill would bar utilities from charging customers for politics
Separate legislation would protect children, elderly, low-income customers from shut-offs.
Utility CEOs received $3.2 billion in executive compensation from 2017 – 2022
Investor-owned electric and gas utilities paid their CEOs $3.2 billion between 2017 and 2022, according to corporate data reviewed by the Energy and Policy Institute. CEOs for the 57 companies...
America’s Power loses more member companies, deletes member list
Coal group deletes its members list after losing all investor-owned utilities and railroad members
Getting Politics Out of Utility Bills
How policymakers can protect customers from being forced to fund utilities’ political machines
Utility CEOs received $2.7 billion in executive compensation from 2017 – 2021
Investor-owned electric and gas utilities paid their CEOs $2.7 billion between 2017 and 2021, according to corporate data reviewed by the Energy and Policy Institute. CEOs for the 58 companies...