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In Indiana, Latest Duke Energy Proposal Clings to Fossil Fuels, Dismisses Renewables
Duke Energy wants to force its Indiana customers to pay for a business-as-usual plan that continues to rely almost exclusively on dirty and expensive coal- and gas-fired power plants, ignoring the enormous potential of clean, safe, efficient and...
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A Bill of Rights To Keep Utilities From Penalizing Solar Customers
Duke Energy, the largest investor-owned electric utility in the U.S., wants to charge customers in South Carolina more for using less energy. Duke is asking state regulators for permission to more than triple the flat monthly charge – what customers pay...
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EWG Joins ‘Green New Deal’ Coalition To Push for 100 Percent Renewables by 2035
The Green New Deal legislation coming before Congress should commit to transitioning the entire U.S. electricity grid to 100 percent renewable energy sources no later than 2035, said Environmental Working Group.
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Recent Federal and State Policy Stories:
- Good/Bad News: Feds Save Rooftop Solar, Gut Law Boosting Small-Scale Renewables
- In Pandemic-Triggered Economic Crisis, Millions of Americans Struggle To Pay Utility Bills
- How the U.S. Can Have 90 Percent Clean Electricity by 2035
- Trump’s Energy Regulators Are Undercutting Growth of Renewables
- Report: Duke Energy Policies Consistently Harm Low-Income Customers
- Renewables Outpace Coal in U.S. Energy Consumption for First Time Since 1885
- Oregon Is a Renewables Leader But Needs Congress’ Help in Wake of Pandemic
- Duke Energy Demands Indiana Households and Companies Pay for Electricity Not Used During Pandemic
- Deep in the Heart of Texas, the Pandemic Threatens Renewable Energy
- Public Interest Groups Unite To Form Duke Energy Watchdog
- The Pandemic Sends an Ill Wind Through Iowa. Will Congress Step Up To Help?
- As Pandemic Rages, Federal Nuclear Regulators Put Keeping Reactors Running Ahead of Public Health and Safety
- After the Pandemic, Kentucky Can Rebuild the Economy and Create Jobs by Investing in Clean Energy
- Trump EPA to Ease Limits on Mercury Emissions From Coal Plants
- Automakers Backing Trump’s Gutting of Pollution Rules Are Complicit in Harm to Health and Climate
- Trump Rollback of Auto Emissions Standards = 1 Billion More Tons of Air Pollution
- The Coronavirus Stimulus Must Address Three Crises: The Pandemic, the Economy and Climate Change
- Without Congressional Support, the Pandemic Could Stall Growth of Renewable Energy
- As Electric Vehicles Boom Globally, Federal Policy Is Holding Back Growth in U.S.
- Negative Energy: Senate Bill Would End Tax Credits for Renewables and EVs, But Boost Coal, Gas and Nukes