https://www.wral.com/story/duke-energy-hoping-emerging-tech-research-benefits-customers/21375335/
By Keely Arthur, WRAL consumer reporter
Your power bill is more expensive, in part, because Duke Energy is changing the way it delivers electricity. Duke Energy is transitioning away from fuel sources like coal, but also looking at how they weave in other energy sources. Duke Energy recently got approval for rate increases across the state. The North Carolina Utilities Commission gave the ok to raise rates on Duke Energy Carolinas customers by 8.3% starting Jan. 15, 2024. Just a few months earlier, the commission allowed a rate increase of 5.8% on Duke Energy Progress customers starting Oct. 1, 2023. Customers under both Duke branches will see additional rate increases of more than 3% each of the next two years.
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When Duke has asked the North Carolina Utilities Commission to raise your electric rates, that’s one of the reasons they cite, and it’s not expected to stop. “It’s an ongoing process,” said Duke Energy Spokesperson Bill Norton…
NET ZERO by 2050 is the reason YOU are PAYING MORE FOR ELECTRICITY!
WRAL news report here: https://t.co/Uk4cYVNcnGMarc Morano comment: Duke Energy spokesman calls gutting reliable coal power — "improvements" to the grid. Yet they are virtually signaling to political mandates… https://t.co/BmdLD4dKbK pic.twitter.com/rrpn0qikMH
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