Posts Tagged ‘Duke Energy’
Duking it out, Round 3
Last week I posted a back-and-forth about the state ordering Duke Energy to clean up and move coal ash. A guest blogger charged that Duke has lost touch – and clout – with powerful people in Raleigh. A Duke exec asked me to take down the blog. Instead, I let Duke respond. Today let’s talk…
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Duke Energy has taken issue with a guest blog posted Tuesday “Duke it out.” Today the company responds. The blog at issue addressed the state’s order that Duke dig up and relocate millions of tons of coal ash at its old power plants, “a task of truly staggering logistical and financial consequences.” The blogger said…
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No, this is not more bashing of Duke basketball, Coach K and Zion. These are observations sent along by a veteran of Raleigh’s utility-regulation wars, who shall remain nameless: The headlines today should terrify anyone who remains a shareholder of Duke Energy because it confirms the utility’s political clout in the state is zero. Duke…
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Duke Energy and Duke basketball had a bad March. Duke basketball probably will come back sooner than Duke Energy. Duke Energy knows it has a problem. The utility took out full-page newspaper ads Sunday – the classic corporate PR response. It was a waste of money. A paid ad persuades no one…
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