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Christopher Cole
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59 years old, resident of Statesville, NC, 1982 graduate of Independence High School, and 1986 from the University of NC at Wilmington, retired
Statesville, NC Joined Aralık 2019
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@dogwoodblooms Duke is a state-mandated monopoly. As such, it has a state-mandate profit limit of 12.25%. That hasn't changed. Rates have give up, so the same percentage has produced higher nominal totals. End the monopoly.
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🚨HEAD’S UP, NC🚨
Why are power bills going up? I can tell you why in NC.
Duke asked the North Carolina Utilities Commission to approve an increase to customer’s costs by 15% over the next two years.
But why?
Try this on for size: Duke Energy has a net profit of $5B! Yet they expect us to pay for a new fleet, diversified portfolios, coal ash cleanup, solar panels, and a storm reserve.
That’s right. The increase in our cost isn’t for better service. It’s so that they can keep up their profit margins AND expand to rake in even more of our hard earned dollars.
Why are we subsidizing a company’s growth and funding their capital investments?
And is the NCUC going to approve this pay increase?




John Stossel@JohnStossel
Electricity prices up? Activists blame data centers, but that’s ignorant, says @paigelambermont. "More data centers are in northern VA than anywhere else. Prices in Virginia are rising more slowly than they are some other places." Here's the real reason for high prices:
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