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Duke Energy Merger: Big Changes for Energy Efficiency in the Carolinas
Duke and Progress agreed to develop new energy efficiency programs that would more than double their impacts over the next decade.Last week, I wrote about the implications of the Duke-Progress merger on Florida energy efficiency programs. And...
Duke Energy Merger: Big Changes for Energy Efficiency in Florida
Several weeks ago, I wrote about how the struggle for the future of utilities is reflected in the continuing drama of the Duke – Progress utility merger. I wrote on the occasion of a North Carolina investigation into the closure of the merger. With...
Too Pessimistic about Renewable Energy
Solar powered biodiesel operation for Clean Energy Biofuels.Recently, Michael Noble of Fresh Energy offered a terrific post out about how renewable energy growth has far outpaced what everyone thought possible over the past decade or so. He’s...
In the Southeast, a Struggle for the Future of Utilities
Duke CEO Jim Rogers, front, and Progress CEO Bill Johnson appear at a N.C. utility commission hearing Tuesday, September 20, 2011. The two stressed the benefits of the merger of two companies as they made their presentations to the utilities. (...
Energy Subsidies in a Free Market
Bob Inglis’ call to “simultaneously eliminat[e] all subsidies” for energy is another way that he believes we can use the “power of free markets” to make better choices about energy use. Although “subsidies” are often discussed, it is a concept...
Free Market Perspective Dominates The Climate Policy Debate
As Grist’s David Roberts might remind us, Bob Inglis’ recent climate change commentaries are a throwback to an era when policy and appeals to self interest had a role in national politics. A year after reasoned debate abruptly surrendered to...
What Your Electric Utility Bill Is NOT Telling You
A fascinating new study from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy takes a look at what’s on the bills that electric utilities send to their customers. OK, you have got to be an energy geek to appreciate this kind of insight, but here...
States Thwart Their Own Energy Efficiency Laws
Florida energy regulators have been in the slow lane, dragging out the implementation of a 2009 law mandating stronger energy efficiency programs. Just a brief update for those who are interested in why Florida is moving so slowly on energy...
Energy Efficiency Saves Carolinas' Utilities $
People in the Southeast do want energy efficiency! We had no doubts, but it is great to see strong participation in the first full year of new efficiency programs offered by Progress Energy Carolinas (PEC) and Duke Energy Carolinas (DEC). Our...
CFL Lightbulb Opponents Attack A Solution That Saves Energy and Money
Energy efficiency is under attack. Its opponents want us to believe that energy efficiency does not exist. Some people just don't think there is any way to save energy. The battle to stop government from reducing energy waste echoes decades of...
Why The Southeast Needs To Catch Up On Energy Efficiency
Recently, we shared the great news that most utility customers across the Southeastern states that we focus on have or will very soon have access to meaningful energy efficiency programs. By 2015, these efficiency programs are projected to achieve...
Alarming Estimates of Forest Loss Linked to Bioenergy Projections
Tuesday’s release of the draft Southern Forest Futures Project (SFFP) report raised an alarm that the South could lose as much as 23 million acres of forest over the next four decades. From the press release: According to the report, urbanization,...
