Protest Piedmont Natural Gas Rate Hike Request - July 10, 2019
Piedmont Natural Gas - a wholly-owned subsidiary of Duke Energy - is requesting a rate hike from the North Carolina Utilities Commission which will impact customers with increased prices and will fund the expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure in the region - at a time when Duke ought to be aggressively moving towards renewable energy. Effectively, this is a Duke rate hike request.
What are the problems here?! To name just a few:
- the urgency of the climate crisis is ignored (natural gas is not a "bridge fuel" - it's a "climate killer"; see http://priceofoil.org/gas-is-not-a-bridge-fuel/ );
- this is the wrong time to be investing in any fossil fuel infrastructure (see, for example, http://ieefa.org/category/subject/atlantic-coast-pipeline/ ) - that goes triple for PNG's pending Liquified Natural Gas facility in Maxton (Robeson County, NC);
- the Duke-PNG energy monopoly prioritizes the wrong approach - expanding natural gas instead of renewables;
- Duke's money has corrupted the State's decision-makers;
- etc.
The Utilities Commission will be holding 3 public hearings around the State during July on this matter. The dates for those hearings are: July 9 in High Point; July 10 in Charlotte; and July 17 in Wilmington.
Join us in Charlotte on Wednesday, July 10, 2019 for a series of actions which will oppose the rate hike and counter Duke-PNG's vision of a gas-fueled future. Actions will include testimony before the Commission, a rally, and a press conference.
Register here for ongoing updates and to be directly involved in making this happen. Fill in the info to the right and then click the "Submit" button.
Questions? Call Jerome Wagner at 607-348-5773 or Donna Chavis at 910-738-6767, Ext. 231.
Thank you!
